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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-lek-tid
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk tɪd

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Définition of collectedness

Origin :
  • early 15c. (transitive), from Old French collecter "to collect" (late 14c.), from Latin collectus, past participle of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" (see com-) + legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)). The intransitive sense is attested from 1794. Related: Collected; collecting. As an adjective meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with reference to telegrams.
  • noun balance
Example sentences :
  • Only the sound of his voice after silence aided her to some degree of collectedness.
  • Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
  • The chief miner, who had recovered his collectedness of mind, approached him.
  • Extract from : « Peasant Tales of Russia » by V.I. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko
  • Came down and served the first table with much more calmness and collectedness than ever I remember to have enjoyed.
  • Extract from : « The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne » by Andrew A. Bonar
  • He felt more at ease with it in his hand and he suspected that he would need all his collectedness.
  • Extract from : « Prescott of Saskatchewan » by Harold Bindloss
  • His wonted high courage and collectedness had deserted him in this emergency.
  • Extract from : « History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. I (of 3) » by Sir John William Kaye
  • Lucienne had the collectedness of a gambler who sees a game coming to an end, and knows she has won.
  • Extract from : « The Children of Alsace » by Ren Bazin

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