collected

/kəˈlɛktɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To gather together; amass.

    Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
  2. 2

    To get; particularly, get from someone.

    A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
  3. 3

    To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

    I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
  4. 4

    To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

  5. 5

    (often with on or against) To collect payments.

    He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
  6. 6

    To come together in a group or mass.

    The rain collected in puddles.
  7. 7

    To infer; to conclude.

  8. 8

    (of a vehicle or driver) To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).

    The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.

adjective

  1. 1

    Gathered together.

    the collected works of Charles Dickens
  2. 2

    Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

    He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.

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