collected
[kuh-lek-tid]
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).
Origin of collected
Synonym study
1. See calm.
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Related Words for uncollected
unresolved, pending, overdue, due, mature, ongoing, open, owing, payable, remaining, unsettledExamples from the Web for uncollected
Contemporary Examples of uncollected
Uncollected garbage sweltered in the streets, filled with potential for infection and disease.
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Spanish Papers and other Miscellanies, hitherto unpublished or uncollected.
Uncollected, un-kol-ek′ted, adj. not collected or gathered: absent in mind, not having one's thoughts collected.
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