"collected" meaning in English

See collected in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈlɛktɪd/ Audio: en-us-collected.ogg Forms: more collected [comparative], most collected [superlative]
Etymology: From collect + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|collect|ed}} collect + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} collected (comparative more collected, superlative most collected)
  1. (not comparable) Gathered together. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: bunched, compiled, glomerate Translations (Gathered together): събран (sǎbran) (Bulgarian), gesammelt (German), conductus (Latin)
    Sense id: en-collected-en-adj-Jf97SUVi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 7 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 66 16 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 12 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 67 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 70 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 59 16 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 21 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 79 9 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 64 24 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 65 23 12 Disambiguation of 'Gathered together': 93 7
  2. Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus. Synonyms: calm, cool, composed, together, calm Translations (Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus): съсредоточен (sǎsredotočen) (Bulgarian), хладнокръвен (hladnokrǎven) (Bulgarian), kalm (Dutch), rustig (Dutch), bedaard (Dutch), posé (French), gelassen (German), מיושב בדעתו (Hebrew), שקול (Hebrew), higgadt (Hungarian), mauritau (Maori), сабран (sabran) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-collected-en-adj-TwVvXjMq Disambiguation of 'Cool-headed, emotionally stable, in focus': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: calm and collected, collectedly, collectedness, cool, calm and collected, precollected, uncollected Related terms: garbage-collected, garbage collected

Verb

IPA: /kəˈlɛktɪd/ Audio: en-us-collected.ogg
Etymology: From collect + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|collect|ed}} collect + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} collected
  1. simple past and past participle of collect Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: collect
    Sense id: en-collected-en-verb-Ui8FD~3G
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          "ref": "1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:",
          "text": "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.",
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        }
      ],
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          "word": "collect"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simple past and past participle of collect"
      ],
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        [
          "collect",
          "collect#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/kəˈlɛktɪd/"
    },
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}

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