1. brought together in one place - the collected works of Milton - the gathered folds of the skirt • Syn: gathered • Ant: ungathered (for: gathered), uncollected • Participle of verb: gather (for: gathered), collect 2. 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 • Syn: equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed • Similar to: composed • Derivationally related forms: equanimity (for: equanimous)
