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collected

/kəˈlɛktɪd/
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."

adjective
  1. Gathered together.

    "the collected works of Charles Dickens"

  2. Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.

    "He stayed collected throughout the ordeal."

Synonymscalm, composed, cool

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