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collected
[ kuh-lek-tid ]
adjective
- 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.
- Ѳè.
- (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 ).
collected
/ əˈɛɪ /
adjective
- 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
- DZˈٱ, adverb
- DZˈٱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZ·Ļ· adverb
- DZ·Ļ·Ա noun
- ܲcDZ·Ļ adjective
- ɱ-DZ·Ļ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of collected1
Idioms and Phrases
see cool, calm, and collected .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Sufrin estimates that roughly 8,000 pregnant people with substance use disorders are admitted to prisons and jails each year based on data collected through this project.
Meanwhile, the ULA revenue collected from newer multifamily projects since the tax went into effect is only enough to subsidize, at best, half that number.
Mr Timms said even if all the rubbish was collected, the pest issue would still linger, with the rodents likely to start nesting in residents' homes or cars.
For instance, companies like AccuWeather depend on data collected by NOAA, among other sources.
The company, however, struggled to gain repeat business, as each customer’s DNA sample needed to be collected only once.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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