adj
Meaning 1
Gathered together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- the collected works of Charles Dickens
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bunched, compiled, glomerate
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
collected
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calm, cool, composed, together, steady, collected, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid-back, level-headed, mellow, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, still, tranquil, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, untumultuous
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of collect
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
brought together in one place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the collected works of Milton
- the gathered folds of the skirt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gathered
Antonyms: uncollected
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
in full control of your faculties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination
- perfectly poised and sure of himself
- more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen
- strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From collect + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: събран (sǎbran) — Gathered together
- German: gesammelt — Gathered together
- Latin: conductus — Gathered together
- Bulgarian: съсредоточен (sǎsredotočen) — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Bulgarian: хладнокръвен (hladnokrǎven) — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Dutch: kalm — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Dutch: rustig — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Dutch: bedaard — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- French: posé — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- German: gelassen — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Hebrew: מיושב בדעתו — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Hebrew: שקול — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Hungarian: higgadt — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Italian: composto — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Māori: mauritau — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
- Serbo-Croatian: сабран (sabran) — Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus
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