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- Dictionarycollected/kəˈlɛktɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) calm and self-controlled: "outwardly they are cool, calm, and collected"
- 2. (of individual works) brought together in one volume or edition: "the collected works of Shakespeare"
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COLLECTED definition: 1. brought together in one book or series of books: 2. showing control over your feelings: 3…. Learn more.
The meaning of COLLECTED is gathered together. How to use collected in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Collected.
to come or bring together from a variety of places or over a period of time: [ I ] A crowd of people soon collected at the scene of the accident. [ T ] Information about employment is collected from every state. People sometimes collect one particular type of object as a hobby:
: to bring together into one body or place. b. : to gather or exact from a number of persons or sources. collect taxes. : to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby. collects stamps. 2. : infer, deduce. 3. : to gain or regain control of. collect his thoughts.
Collected definition: having control of one's faculties; self-possessed. See examples of COLLECTED used in a sentence.
If you say that someone is collected, you mean that they are very calm and self-controlled, especially when they are in a difficult or serious situation. Police say she was cool and collected during her interrogation.
1. [ k uh - lekt ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to gather together; assemble: The professor collected the students' exams. Synonyms: aggregate, amass. Antonyms: disperse, disband, assign, allot. to accumulate; make a collection of: to collect stamps. Antonyms: scatter, distribute. to receive or compel payment of: