collected

[ kuh-lek-tid ]

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.
   1. (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 ).
   2. (of a gait of such a horse) characterized by short, elevated strides. Compare extended ( def 8b ).

collected

/ kəˈlɛktɪd /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

• colˈlectedly, adverb
• colˈlectedness, noun

Other Words From

• col·lected·ly adverb
• col·lected·ness noun
• uncol·lected adjective
• well-col·lected adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of collected¹

First recorded in 1600–10; collect ¹ + -ed ²

Idioms and Phrases

see cool, calm, and collected .

Synonym Study

See calm.

Example Sentences

But she kept in touch with women back home, who would share videos which she then collected and archived.

From BBC

No data is systematically collected in Canada on the use of involuntary admission and treatment.

From Salon

Staffing agencies were among the top employers of unauthorized workers at sites inspected for immigration violations over the past decade, according to data collected by U.S.

From New York Times

“Wood vaulting” is being studied as a method of locking away the carbon collected in wood.

From NewsForKids.net

The data had been collected by a group studying carbon in Mexico’s forests.

From NewsForKids.net