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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:
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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Word Origin & History

collect

1573 (trans.), from O.Fr. collecter (1371), from L. collectus, pp. of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" + legere "to gather." The intrans. sense is attested from 1794. As an adj. meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with ref. to telegrams.

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"Here lies the body of William Jones
Who all his life collected bones,
Till Death, that grim and boney spectre,
That universal bone collector,
Boned old Jones, so neat and tidy,
And here he lies, all bona fide."

-unknown author

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