collected

[ kuh-lek-tid ]
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adjective
  1. having control of one's faculties; self-possessed: Despite all the turmoil around him, Bob remained calm and collected.

  2. brought or placed together; forming an aggregation from various sources: the money collected to build an orphanage; the collected essays of Thoreau.

  1. Manège.

    • (of a moving horse) noting a compact pose in which the legs are well under the body, the head is arched at the poll, the jaw is relaxed, etc.: Compare extended (def. 8a).

    • (of a gait of such a horse) characterized by short, elevated strides.: Compare extended (def. 8b).

Origin of collected

1
First recorded in 1600–10; collect1 + -ed2

synonym study For collected

1. See calm.

Other words from collected

  • col·lect·ed·ly, adverb
  • col·lect·ed·ness, noun
  • un·col·lect·ed, adjective
  • well-col·lect·ed, adjective

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How to use collected in a sentence

  • She closes her lips trimly and looks steadily and challengingly at him as she sits more collectedly than ever.

    You Never Can Tell | George Bernard Shaw
  • I took my bearings collectedly, placed one foot on the path, thought better of it, and turned back towards Esens.

    The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
  • He spoke very quietly and very collectedly, yet I saw he had difficulty in restraining himself.

    The Birthright | Joseph Hocking
  • By this time Mabel's heart ceased to beat tulmultuously and she gained sufficient self-command to act collectedly.

    The Pathfinder | James Fenimore Cooper
  • There was a stage, that evening, when she spoke collectedly of what had happened, though with a certain terrible vivacity.

    Great Expectations | Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for collected

collected

/ (kəˈlɛktɪd) /


adjective
  1. in full control of one's faculties; composed

  2. assembled in totality or brought together into one volume or a set of volumes: the collected works of Dickens

  1. (of a horse or a horse's pace) controlled so that movement is in short restricted steps: a collected canter

Derived forms of collected

  • collectedly, adverb
  • collectedness, noun

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Other Idioms and Phrases with collected

collected

see cool, calm, and collected.

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