collected Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
verb call for and obtain payment of
collect; take in.
- we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
- he collected the rent
verb assemble or get together
collect; pull together; gather; garner.
- gather some stones
- pull your thoughts together
verb get or bring together
collect; pull in.
- accumulate evidence
verb gather or collect
call for; collect; pick up; gather up.
- You can get the results on Monday
- She picked up the children at the day care center
- They pick up our trash twice a week
adjective brought together in one place
gathered.
- the collected works of Milton
- the gathered folds of the skirt
adjective satellite in full control of your faculties
self-possessed; equanimous; self-contained; self-collected; poised.
- 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