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

A police officer could in theory track where a person goes without requiring a search warrant or subpoena through the data collected by automated license plate readers, Maass said.

From Los Angeles Times

Onion and environmental samples from McDonald's stores and distribution centres have been collected by the FDA, the Colorado Department of Agriculture, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

From BBC

According to government data, there were an estimated 92,000 children in home education in England when figures were collected in autumn 2023.

From BBC

The charitable foundation represents the late British businessman, who collected the items in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China, before his death in 1964.

From BBC

He collected the items - mostly of imperial quality - in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

From BBC