What is "collected" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does collected mean in English? Meaning of collected definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "collected" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "collected": brought together in one place

Adjective

  • Meaning: brought together in one place
  • Example: the collected works of Milton the gathered folds of the skirt
  • Synonyms: collected gathered
  • Antonyms: uncollected ungathered
  • Meaning of "collected": in full control of your faculties

    Adjective

  • Meaning: in full control of your faculties
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: collected equanimous poised self-collected self-contained self-possessed
  • Similar: composed
  • Adjective: Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus. He stayed collected throughout the ordeal. 1864 June 16, Ezekiel F. Chambers, The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland:  There is no man here so young—and we have some very young members—but he must have observed, must have known from the impulses of his own mind and his own feelings, that, when in a state of high excitement, a man's judgment is not so accurate, not so effectual, not to be relied upon to such an extent, as when he is cool, calm and collected. That is an axiom in morals, in the history of human life, about which I suppose there will be no question. Are we now in that condition?1864 June 16, Ezekiel F. Chambers, The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland:  There is no man here so young—and we have some very young members—but he must have observed, must have known from the impulses of his own mind and his own feelings, that, when in a state of high excitement, a man's judgment is not so accurate, not so effectual, not to be relied upon to such an extent, as when he is cool, calm and collected. That is an axiom in morals, in the history of human life, about which I suppose there will be no question. Are we now in that condition?
  • Synonyms:

    possessed, still, cool, quiet, confident, easy, easygoing, levelheaded, nonchalant, peaceful, placid, sanguine, self-possessed, serene, sure, temperate, together, tranquil, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled, poised, unperturbable,

    Antonyms:

    agitated, disorganized, excited, upset, worried, mixed up,

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    collected in English: collected
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