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# collected

verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting); adjective (collected — calm)

«collected» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Collected is the past of collect: gathered together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#m1)
2. Collected stamps or cards are ones someone has kept as a hobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#m2)
3. Collected can also mean calm and in control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: things gathered and added, often over several days («in all» asks for the sum); data collected in science and surveys; school: the teacher collected the homework; stories: she stayed calm and collected

### Examples

- They collected 45 cans on Monday and 30 on Tuesday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x1)
- She collected 12 leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x2)
- How many stamps were collected in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x3)
- He collected twice as many as Sam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x4)
- The teacher collected our tests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x5)
- We collected data on the weather for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x6)
- Dad collected us after the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x7)
- She stayed cool and collected in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x8)
- “Have you collected my tribute from Denmark?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/#x9)

### Note

Collected amounts are added. Trap: «in all» asks for the sum of all days or people. «Twice as many as Sam» means Sam's amount × 2.

## In Jewish tradition

maths: things gathered and added, often over several days («in all» asks for the sum); data collected in science and surveys; school: the teacher collected the homework; stories: she stayed calm and collected

### Examples

- The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 a.d. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collected/#x1)
- The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collected/#x2)
- Six extant Hebrew editions of the "Sepher Yetzirah' were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collected/#x3)

### Note

Collected amounts are added. Trap: «in all» asks for the sum of all days or people. «Twice as many as Sam» means Sam's amount × 2.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «collected» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collected/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«collected» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/collected.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «collected» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collected/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«collected» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/collected.html) on Mova free.