col·lect·ed
(kə-lĕḱtĭd)
adjective
- Self-possessed; composed. See synonyms at cool
- Brought or placed together from various sources: the collected poems of W.H. Auden.
derivatives
- col·lect́ed·ly
- adverb
- col·lect́ed·ness
- noun
col·lect
1 (kə-lĕkt́)
[Middle English collecten, from Latin colligere, collēct-, com-, com-, + legere, to gather.]
verb: -lect·ed, -lect·ing, -lects.
transitive verb
- To bring together in a group or mass; gather.
- To accumulate as a hobby or for study.
- To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes.
- To recover control of: collect one's emotions.
- To call for (someone); pick up: collected the children and drove home.
intransitive verb
- To come together in a group or mass; gather. See synonyms at gather
- To take in payments or donations: collecting for charity.
adverb adjective
- With payment to be made by the receiver: called collect; a collect phone call.
