Hyphenation of collected

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word collected? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

col-lect-ed

Definitions of collected:

1.	Brought together in one place The collected works of Milton The gathered folds of the skirt
2.	In full control of your faculties 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

Synonyms of collected:

adj	collected
adj	accumulated, amassed, assembled, congregate, massed, concentrated
adj	equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed, composed

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.