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US
/kəˈɫɛktəd/
]
[ UK /kəlˈɛktɪd/ ]
[ UK /kəlˈɛktɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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in full control of your faculties
more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen
the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination
strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble
perfectly poised and sure of himself -
brought together in one place
the gathered folds of the skirt
the collected works of Milton
How To Use collected In A Sentence
- To date, more than 20 specimens of D. australis have been collected at this locality, all within galleries and with dislocated plastrons.
- His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later,(Sentence dictionary) were distinctly half-hearted.
- In particular, the way tourism data is collected almost certainly underestimates two important elements of sports tourism, as follows.
- The assumptions that our estimates of the proportion of eyries associated with geese and the proportion of geese that nested with falcons are unbiased can be confirmed only by data collected from other areas.
- The situation reminds of other art items like netsuke or tsuba in the 50s when these items where collected only by a small minority.
- Rain flowing from the roof is collected in an underground cistern and reused.
- Information is relayed, where available, on where and how the objects were collected.
- To determine the extent of gastric metaplasia, multiple biopsy specimens were collected from standardised sites of the duodenal bulb.
- At a recent function in the village's memorial hall, the residents presented her with a bouquet of flowers and £910 that had been collected in the community.
- Pollen is dust gathered by bees from stamens and collected from the hives as tiny pellets.
