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collectedness

[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:
1600–10; collect¹ + -ed²

Related forms

col·lect·ed·ly, adverb

col·lect·ed·ness, noun

un·col·lect·ed, adjective

well-col·lect·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. See calm.

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collected (kəˈlɛktɪd)

—*adj*
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

col'lectedly

—*adv*

col'lectedness

—n

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