Collected

Collected is an adjective and the past participle of the verb collect. It describes something that has been gathered, accumulated, or brought together, such as data, funds, or items. In addition, collected can describe a person's demeanor as calm and self-possessed, as in a collected response.

It derives from the verb collect, which comes from Middle French collecter and ultimately from Latin collēctus, the past participle of collīgere or collīgere, meaning to gather. The sense of bringing things into a single group gave rise to phrases such as collected works or collected editions.

As a phrase, collected works refers to a volume that gathers an author's writings into a single compilation. Collected data indicates data that has been gathered from various sources and consolidated. Collected funds refers to money gathered for a purpose. In everyday language, collected can modify nouns to convey composure, e.g., a collected response or a collected presentation.