collected

[kuh-lek-tid]

See more synonyms for collected on Thesaurus.com

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

Origin of collected

First recorded in 1600–10; collect¹ + -ed²

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

Synonym study

1. See calm.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for uncollected

unresolved, pending, overdue, due, mature, ongoing, open, owing, payable, remaining, unsettled, uncollected

Examples from the Web for uncollected

Contemporary Examples of uncollected

Uncollected garbage sweltered in the streets, filled with potential for infection and disease.
‘We’re at the Last Step’ Before a Humanitarian Crisis in Aleppo
Mike Giglio
September 10, 2012

Historical Examples of uncollected

They have raised the cost of everything we require because the tradesman compels us to pay his uncollected accounts.
'Charge It'
Irving Bacheller
Spanish Papers and other Miscellanies, hitherto unpublished or uncollected.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.
E. Rameur
Uncollected, un-kol-ek′ted, adj. not collected or gathered: absent in mind, not having one's thoughts collected.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for uncollected

uncollected

adjective

not having been called for, gathered, or collected

collected

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 Formscollectedly, adverbcollectedness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with uncollected

collected

see cool, calm, and collected.