collected en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kəˈlɛktɪd/
Etymology
From collect + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Gathered together.
the collected works of Charles Dickens
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Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.
He became very cool and collected all at once.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201: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, edited by W. M. Blair Lord and Henry M. Parkhurst, The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland: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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 285:He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most collected | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more collected | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cool, calm and collected · precollected · collectedly · calm and collected · uncollected · collectedness
Relateds
garbage-collected · garbage collected
Synonyms
laid-back · tranquil · pacate · collected · unflustered · cool · sedate · equable · peaceful · unruffled · even-tempered · unperturbable · unfazed · together · serene · compiled · calm · roolie · pacific · quiet · mellow · even-minded · cool-headed · relaxed · peaceable · glomerate · equanimitable · bunched · still · equanimous · imperturbable · quiescent · calm · composed · phlegmatic · even-keeled · unexcited · unruffable · placid · steady · composed · untumultuous · level-headed · unflappable
Translations (17)
hu higgadt (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · de gesammelt (Gathered together) · bg събран (Gathered together) · it composto (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · nl kalm (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · nl rustig (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · nl bedaard (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · hi एकत्रित (Gathered together) · la conductus (Gathered together) · mi mauritau (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · sh сабран (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · de gelassen (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · bg съсредоточен (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · he שקול (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · fr posé (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · he מיושב בדעתו (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus) · bg хладнокръвен (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus)