collect one's thoughts
1collect one's thoughts — If you collect your thoughts, you try to think calmly and clearly in order to prepare yourself mentally for something. Anne stopped to collect her thoughts before calling back the customer …
2collect one's thoughts — verb To become mentally composed, especially after being distressed, surprised, or disoriented; to become calm or organized in ones emotional state or thinking, as in preparation for a conversation, speech, decision, etc …
3collect — collect1 /keuh lekt /, v.t. 1. to gather together; assemble: The professor collected the students exams. 2. to accumulate; make a collection of: to collect stamps. 3. to receive or compel payment of: to collect a bill. 4. to regain control of… …
4collect — I col•lect [[t]kəˈlɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to gather together; assemble 2) to make a collection of: to collect stamps[/ex] 3) to demand and receive payment of 4) to regain control of (oneself or one s thoughts or emotions) 5) to call for and take with… …
5collect — I. /kəˈlɛkt / (say kuh lekt) verb (t) 1. to gather together; assemble. 2. to accumulate; make a collection of. 3. to gather (money) for contributions or debts, for charity, etc. 4. to regain control of (one s thoughts, faculties, etc., or… …
6One Big Happy Family — Genre Reality television Starring The Coles family Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 2 …
7get one's head together — vb to collect one s thoughts, achieve a state of equanimity. A cliche of the alternative society of the early 1970s (members of rock groups, suffering from the excesses of social and professional life, typically spoke of going to the countryside… …
8Collect — This article is about the Christian prayer. For the telecommunications concept, see collect call. For the hobby, see collecting. For other uses, see Collection (disambiguation). In Christian liturgy, a collect (stressed on the first syllable:… …
9collect — [[t]kəle̱kt[/t]] ♦♦ collects, collecting, collected 1) VERB If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people. [V n] Two young girls were collecting firewood... [V n] Elizabeth had been… …
10Collect for Purity — The Collect for Purity is the name traditionally given to the collect prayed near the beginning of the Eucharist in most Anglican rites. It was originally drafted in Latin for the Sarum missal and was part of the preparation prayers of priests… …
