collected

[kuh-lek-tid]

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.

3. Manège.

   1. (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.

   2. (of a gait of such a horse) characterized by short, elevated strides.

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

3. (of a horse or a horse's pace) controlled so that movement is in short restricted steps

   a collected canter

Other Word Forms

• collectedly adverb
• collectedness noun
• uncollected adjective
• well-collected adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of collected¹

First recorded in 1600–10; collect ¹ + -ed ²

Idioms and Phrases

see cool, calm, and collected.

Synonym Study

See calm.

Example Sentences

She collected some of the most fascinating information on the latter by watching Flo, an older female with a bulbous nose and an amazing retinue of suitors who was bearing children well into her 40s.

From Los Angeles Times

Department of Education, student loans will still be disbursed and loans will still be collected as usual.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers will use the data collected to decide how the idea of cutting down on individual car ownership and usage could be improved to make it more practical.

From BBC

“Then he collected himself and said, ‘Jimmy Dean has just been killed.’”

From Los Angeles Times

To determine when and how many homes were rebuilt, The Times in March and April collected certificate of occupancy data from building departments in each community.

From Los Angeles Times