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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh-lek-tid
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk tɪd

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Définition of collected

Origin :
  • early 15c. (transitive), from Old French collecter "to collect" (late 14c.), from Latin collectus, past participle of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" (see com-) + legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)). The intransitive sense is attested from 1794. Related: Collected; collecting. As an adjective meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with reference to telegrams.
  • adj composed, calm
Example sentences :
  • They had collected some of the emu feathers, which were lying all about.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • You will take the command of such men as will be collected from Capts.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • He collected his thoughts to the best of his ability to answer the questions put to him.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • He was not at all like the Crane she knew, the cold, collected banker.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The sight of three persons' eyes was melted and collected into that single one.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He limped about on his crutches, collected all things needful, and sat down to work.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Other enormous sums are collected from those who sell to brewers.
  • Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
  • He collected what he wanted grain by grain from bushels of chaff.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Fie had collected twenty-four of us, whom he called his 'disciples,' and shamed am I to say, I was one.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I then returned to the house, and collected a few of my clothes.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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