collected
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛktɪd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English collect English -ed English collected From collect + -ed.
- Gathered together.
“the collected works of Charles Dickens”
- Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.
“He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.”
“In an instant Francesca would become perfectly collected—every past event would stand out singularly clear, and she would turn, take one look at Guido, and then breathe again.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English collect English -ed English collected From collect + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of collect
“Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.”