| a. | 1. | Gathered together. |
| 2. | Self-possessed; calm; composed. |
| Adj. | 1. | collected - brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" Synonyms: gathered Antonyms: uncollected, ungathered - not brought together in one place; "uncollected garbage in the streets" |
| 2. | collected - brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office" | |
| 3. | collected - in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" |