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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
The data collected will be entered into the state’s Automated Firearms System, according to police.
Meta recently introduced a "consent or pay" model which leaves users to choose between paying for a monthly subscription or letting Meta combine data it has collected on Facebook and Instagram.
"So I do think it's possible that there is H5N1 data that's being collected and being suppressed, but I don't know."
He collected an additional $115,962 stipend from the union, according to its most recent federal tax filing.
Dirt collected by a resident at the site showed selenium, a trace element that can be harmful in heavy concentrations, according to the results, which were reviewed by The Times.
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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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