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collected

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/kəˈlɛktɪd/ English

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verb

  1. To gather together; amass.“Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.”
  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. 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. To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

adjective

  1. Gathered together.“the collected works of Charles Dickens”
  2. Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.“He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.”

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