<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>having control of one's faculties; self-possessed: Despite all the turmoil around him, Bob remained calm and collected.</li><li>brought or placed together; forming an aggregation from various sources: the money collected to build an orphanage; the collected essays of Thoreau.</li><li>(of a moving horse) noting a compact pose in which the legs are well under the body, the head is arched at the poll, the jaw is relaxed, etc.</li><li>(of a gait of such a horse) characterized by short, elevated strides.</li></ul>