collected
Americanadjective
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having control of one's faculties; self-possessed.
Despite all the turmoil around him, Bob remained calm and collected.
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brought or placed together; forming an aggregation from various sources.
the money collected to build an orphanage; the collected essays of Thoreau.
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Manège.
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(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.
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(of a gait of such a horse) characterized by short, elevated strides.
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adjective
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in full control of one's faculties; composed
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assembled in totality or brought together into one volume or a set of volumes
the collected works of Dickens
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(of a horse or a horse's pace) controlled so that movement is in short restricted steps
a collected canter
Related Words
See calm.
Other Word Forms
- collectedly adverb
- collectedness noun
- uncollected adjective
- well-collected adjective
Etymology
Origin of collected
Example Sentences
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I Swear collected three awards on the night, with best actor and rising star going to Robert Aramayo for his lead performance, as well as best casting.
From BBC
As in their previous investigations, the researchers examined Ediacaran age rocks collected from drill cores and outcrops in Oman, western India, and Siberia.
From Science Daily
State and local election officials needed to have voters’ DHS-assigned immigration ID numbers — information not collected in the registration process — to verify their citizenship status.
From Salon
A readily-available fertiliser for farmers when livestock are housed over winter, it is collected in storage pits for use in spring.
From BBC
The long-term cost of these tariffs isn’t measured in revenue collected.
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