adjective
1. brought together in one place
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the collected works of Milton
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the gathered folds of the skirt
• Syn: ↑gathered
• Ant: ↑ungathered (for: ↑gathered), ↑uncollected
2. in full control of your faculties
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the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination
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perfectly poised and sure of himself
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more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen
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strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble
• Syn: ↑equanimous, ↑poised, ↑self-collected, ↑self-contained, ↑self-possessed
• Similar to: ↑composed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑equanimity (for: ↑equanimous)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.