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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). 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, adverb col·lect·ed·ness, noun un·col·lect·ed, adjective well-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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Example sentences from the Web for collected 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
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That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete: Jesse Logan confirms both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”
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So far, in both online and physical cards, they say they have collected 1,199,169 total commitments.
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As of Oct. 17, over a month after the plans were set, the UN has only collected 38 percent of its goal.
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When fluid has collected in the lower part of the chest cavity the sound will also be dull on percussion.
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Thus also with the shaping of character, and thus was Mr. Marrapit, collected in minor affairs, mighty in this crisis.
Once Aboard The Lugger | Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
A number of Hungarians collected about a number of bodies at Cambria which had been washed up, and began rifling the trunks.
History of the Johnstown Flood | Willis Fletcher Johnson
Here I collected about eight hundred dollars in coffee, which was due from my last voyage.
Journal of Voyages | Jacob Dunham
Sunday June 15th 1806 Collected our horses early with the intention of makeing an early Start.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark | Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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British Dictionary definitions for collected adjective in full control of one's faculties; composed
assembled in totality or brought together into one volume or a set of volumes the collected works of Dickens
(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 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 collected see cool, calm, and collected.
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Words related to collected possessed, still, cool, quiet, poised, confident, easy, easygoing, levelheaded, nonchalant, peaceful, placid, sanguine, self-possessed, serene, sure, temperate, together, tranquil, unflappable