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collectedness

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col⋅lect⋅ed

  [kuh-lek-tid]
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–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.
3. 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; collect 1 + -ed 2

Related forms:
col⋅lect⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
col⋅lect⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See calm.
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col·lect·ed   (kə-lěk'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Self-possessed; composed. See Synonyms at cool.

  2. 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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