collected
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
1synonym study For collected
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
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How to use collected in a sentence
While panning for gold, he made himself a large hat from the hides he had collected on his trip.
Mahoney helped author the I-STOP legislation based on data his office collected in regard to fraud.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir money, often collected for many years, helps keep the system afloat and benefits flowing to aging baby boomers.
That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete: Jesse Logan confirms both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
Three immatures were collected and adults were seen feeding young fledglings at Pisté.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasSpecimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasBaroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellNumbers have dribbled back from firing line and cannot be collected in this difficult country.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for collected
/ (kəˈlɛktɪd) /
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
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Other Idioms and Phrases with collected
see cool, calm, and collected.
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