Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Brought or placed together from various sources.
- adjective Self-possessed; composed: synonym: cool.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having control of one's mental faculties; not disconcerted; firm; prepared; self-possessed; composed: as, to be quite collected in the midst of danger.
- Synonyms Cool, Composed, etc. See
calm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Gathered together.
- adjective Self-possessed; calm; composed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Cool‐headed , emotionallystable , infocus . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
collect .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in full control of your faculties
- adjective brought together in one place
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Examples
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All that is happening here is making sure that the sales taxes do get collected that are supposed to be collected - and that * are collected* when one does the purchase "in person" ...
Latest Articles 2009
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Any "socio-economic" data collected is an un-necessary invasion of your privacy.
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Though she sent him a sharp nod, her expression collected, his words shattered her into a million cold, black pieces.
Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009
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Though she sent him a sharp nod, her expression collected, his words shattered her into a million cold, black pieces.
Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009
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Though she sent him a sharp nod, her expression collected, his words shattered her into a million cold, black pieces.
Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009
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Though she sent him a sharp nod, her expression collected, his words shattered her into a million cold, black pieces.
Possess Me At Midnight SHAYLA BLACK 2009
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Public dissemination of the data collected is also an important part of accountability.
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Since the water table is too deep to enable a well, water is mostly collected from the roof, into several buried barrels.
Boing Boing 2009
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Author, furniture designer and hand tool enthusiast Tom Fidgen designed and built this side table using salvaged Ash collected from the shores of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.
READER TIP: Salvaged Ash Wood Side Table by Tom Fidgen | Inhabitat 2010
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The tax/fee was collected from the individual — so does the state opting out keep or remove the individual benefit? what if the individual is traveling and is actually a resident of another state but uses a doctor in a non participating state? what if the individual paid the tax while in a participating state?
The Volokh Conspiracy » 13 States File Suit Against Health Care Reform 2010
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