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collected

6 dictionary results for: Collected

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col·lect·ed

[kuh-lek-tid] Pronunciation Key

–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.

Manège.

a.	(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).

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

[Origin: 1600–10; collect¹ + -ed²

]

—Related forms

col·lect·ed·ly, adverb

col·lect·ed·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See calm.

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col·lect¹   (kə-lěkt') Pronunciation Key
v.   col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects

v.   tr.

To bring together in a group or mass; gather.
To accumulate as a hobby or for study.
To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.
To recover control of: collect one's emotions.
To call for (someone); pick up: collected the children and drove home.

v. intr.

To come together in a group or mass; gather. See Synonyms at gather.
To take in payments or donations: collecting for charity.

adv. & adj.
With payment to be made by the receiver: called collect; a collect phone call.

[Middle English collecten, from Latin colligere, collēct- : com-, com- + legere, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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col·lect·ed (kə-lěk'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Self-possessed; composed. See Synonyms at cool.
Brought or placed together from various sources: the collected poems of W.H. Auden.

col·lect'ed·ly adv., col·lect'ed·ness n.

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collected
adjective
1.	brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" [ant: uncollected]
2.	in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"