collected

adjective col·lect·ed \ kə-ˈlek-təd \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Definition of collected

1 : gathered together

the collected works of Scott

2 : possessed of calmness and composure often through concentrated effort

3 of a horse's gait : performed slowly and restrainedly with the animal's center of gravity toward the hindquarters — compare extended

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collectedly

adverb

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collectedness

noun

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Examples of collected in a Sentence

the collected works of Shakespeare
She seemed completely cool, calm, and collected during her speech.

Recent Examples of collected from the Web

The Travelers Championship sends 100-percent of collected donations to the participating charities.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Vernon Edition," 12 June 2018
The mid-tempo beat and artful video paints a calm and collected artist steadily striving for greatness.

— ashley lyle, Billboard, "Childish Major Tries to Find Peace of Mind in His New Video 'Woo$Ah': Premiere," 7 Feb. 2018
A few hours spent reading the collected works of Frederick Douglass would have enlightened West and eradicated his alarming ignorance.

— phillip morris, cleveland.com, "Kanye West has a thing or two to learn about American slavery: Phillip Morris," 9 May 2018
The collected lessons break down into two main groups.

— patrick sisson, Curbed, "How fighting inequality can help cities grow their economies," 25 Apr. 2018
The new program will recycle the collected balls into a crumb rubber product that can be used for a variety of green solutions.

— lisa gueli regnante, Howard County Times, "Pilot program aims to keep tennis balls out of the landfill [Ellicott City]," 12 Apr. 2018
This cool and collected actress has a Helen Hunt-like ability to retain her sanity even when being tossed about in the tumult of romantic farce.

— charles mcnulty, latimes.com, "South Coast Rep's 'Shrew!' trips along the rutted road of Shakespearean updates," 2 Apr. 2018
Despite media reports to the contrary, including one showing multiple screenshots where data is shown in detail, Facebook is denying it collected phone call and messaging history in a secretive manner.

— chris ciaccia, Fox News, "Facebook denies it collected phone call, SMS data despite media reports," 26 Mar. 2018
More recently, Frank Bidart, who was Lowell’s student and edited his collected poems, published his own widely praised collected poems, a book that shares nothing with Lowell’s aside from its engine of agony.

— christian wiman, New York Times, "The Poet of Light," 12 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of collected

circa 1548

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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collected Synonyms

Phrases

at peace;

Synonym Discussion of collected

cool, composed, collected, unruffled, imperturbable, nonchalant mean free from agitation or excitement. cool may imply calmness, deliberateness, or dispassionateness.