collected

[ kuh-lek-tid ]

/ kəˈlɛk tɪd /

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adjective

having control of one's faculties; self-possessed: Despite all the turmoil around him, Bob remained calm and collected.

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

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).

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Origin of collected

First recorded in 1600–10; collect¹ + -ed²

synonym study for collected

1. See calm.

OTHER WORDS FROM collected

col·lect·ed·ly, adverbcol·lect·ed·ness, nounun·col·lect·ed, adjectivewell-col·lect·ed, adjective

Words nearby collected

colleagues, collect, collectable, collectanea, collect call, collected, collected edition, collectible, collecting tubule, collection, collection agency

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How to use collected in a sentence

While panning for gold, he made himself a large hat from the hides he had collected on his trip.
My Love Letter to the Stetson|Mark McKinnon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mahoney helped author the I-STOP legislation based on data his office collected in regard to fraud.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic|Dale Eisinger|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their money, often collected for many years, helps keep the system afloat and benefits flowing to aging baby boomers.
How Immigrants Will Save Social Security|Eleanor Clift|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete: Jesse Logan confirms both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Three immatures were collected and adults were seen feeding young fledglings at Pisté.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Baroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Numbers have dribbled back from firing line and cannot be collected in this difficult country.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for collected

collected

/ (kəˈlɛktɪd) /

adjective

in full control of one's faculties; composed

assembled in totality or brought together into one volume or a set of volumesthe collected works of Dickens

(of a horse or a horse's pace) controlled so that movement is in short restricted stepsa collected canter

Derived forms of collected

collectedly, adverbcollectedness, noun

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collected

see cool, calm, and collected.

collected

Origin of collected

synonym study for collected

OTHER WORDS FROM collected

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British Dictionary definitions for collected

Derived forms of collected

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