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SELF-COLLECTED

Pronunciation (US):

• SELF-COLLECTED (adjective)
The adjective SELF-COLLECTED has 1 sense:

1. in full control of your faculties

Familiarity information: SELF-COLLECTED used as an adjective is very rare.

• SELF-COLLECTED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In full control of your faculties

Synonyms:

equanimous; self-collected; self-possessed; poised; self-contained; collected

Context examples:

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

Similar:

composed (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress)

"Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater."
(English proverb)
"Where there is plenty of water, it rains; where there is abundant heat, the sun shines."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"Only three things in life are certain birth, death and change."
(Arabic proverb)
"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest."
(Czech proverb)

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