Collected

//kəˈlɛktɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of collect form-of, participle, past

    "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Gathered together. not-comparable

    "the collected works of Charles Dickens"

  2. 2
    Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

    "He stayed collected throughout the ordeal."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in full control of your faculties wordnet
  2. 2
    brought together in one place wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
calmabstemiousaccumulatedagglomerateaggregateallied

Example

More examples

"The data to be discussed below was collected in the following way."

Etymology

From collect + -ed.

Related phrases

calm and collectedcool, calm and collectedcool headedgarbage collected

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