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1. | [ adjective ] brought together into a group or crowd | |
Synonyms: | accumulated assembled congregate massed amassed | |
Examples: | "the accumulated letters in my office" |
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Related terms: | concentrated | |
2. | [ adjective ] brought together in one place | |
Synonyms: | gathered | |
Examples: | "the collected works of Milton" "the gathered folds of the skirt" |
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Related terms: | uncollected uncollected gather gather | |
3. | [ adjective ] in full control of your faculties | |
Synonyms: | poised self-collected self-contained self-possessed equanimous | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | composed | |
Similar spelling: |
collectedly collect collective collectible collectable collocate collector collectivize collectivist collectivise collection collecting coal_chute Colgate collectivism collectively collect_call colligate collegiate coalesced collocation |