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I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.
Samuel West

Meaning of "collected works" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLLECTED WORKS

collected works  [kəˈlɛktɪd wɜːks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLLECTED WORKS

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Collected works is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLLECTED WORKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Collected works

Collected works refers to an anthology: all, or most, of the written works, usually of a single author, and published as such chronologically. It is to be distinguished from selected works. Collected works may refer to...

Definition of collected works in the English dictionary

The definition of collected works in the dictionary is the works of a particular writer assembled in totality or brought together into one volume or a set of volumes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLLECTED WORKS


brickworks
ˈbrɪkwɜːks
catworks
ˈkætˌwɜːks
dyeworks
ˈdaɪwɜːks
ex-works
ˌɛksˈwɜːks
fireworks
ˈfaɪəˌwɜːks
gasworks
ˈɡæsˌwɜːks
glassworks
ˈɡlɑːsˌwɜːks
ironworks
ˈaɪənˌwɜːks
jerks
dʒɜːks
leadworks
ˈledwɜːks
printworks
ˈprɪntˌwɜːks
roadworks
ˈrəʊdˌwɜːks
saltworks
ˈsɔːltˌwɜːks
steelworks
ˈstiːlˌwɜːks
tinworks
ˈtɪnˌwɜːks
tryworks
ˈtraɪˌwɜːks
waterworks
ˈwɔːtəˌwɜːks
waxworks
ˈwækswɜːks
wireworks
ˈwaɪəˌwɜːks
works
wɜːks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLLECTED WORKS

collect
collect call
collect on delivery
collectable
collectanea
collected
collectedly
collectedness
collectible
collecting
collecting bank
collecting box
collecting tin
collection
collection box
collection charges
collection plate
collection point
collection tin
collective

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLLECTED WORKS

building works
Caudine Forks
clerk of works
engineering works
ex works
freezing works
in the works
printing works
public works
semiworks
sewage treatment works
sewage works
siegeworks
smelting works
spanner in the works
sternworks
the works
upper works

Synonyms and antonyms of collected works in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «collected works» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLLECTED WORKS

Find out the translation of collected works to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of collected works from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «collected works» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文集
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obras completas
570 millions of speakers

English

collected works
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकत्र काम करता है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأعمال المختارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

собрание сочинений
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obras Completas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংগৃহীত কাজগুলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Collected Works
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja yang dikumpulkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesammelte Werke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

収集された作品
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수집 된 작품
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Karya sing diklumpukake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công trình thu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சேகரிக்கப்பட்ட படைப்புகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोळा केलेली कामे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

derleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Collected Works
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prace zebrane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зібрання творів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucrări colectate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συλλέγονται έργα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versamelde werke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samlade verk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

samlede verker
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about collected works

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QUOTES WITH «COLLECTED WORKS»

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Samuel West
I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLECTED WORKS»

Discover the use of collected works in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to collected works and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kurt Gödel: Collected Works: Volume II: Publications 1938-1974
This second volume of a comprehensive edition of Kurt Godel's works collects the remainder of his published work, covering the period 1938-1974. (Volume I included all of his publications from 1929-1936).
Kurt Gödel, S. Feferman, 1990
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Collected works
This collection includes all the short stories, both novels, the essays, and sellected letters of one of the most unique and important writers in the southern tradition
Flannery O'Connor, 1988
3
Elizabeth I: Collected Works
"This collection shines a light onto the character and experience of one of the most interesting of monarchs. . . . We are likely never to get a closer or clearer look at her.
Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, Mary Beth Rose, 2002
4
The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
This book gathers all of Maharshi's original works: Self-Enquiry, Upadesa Saram, Five Hymns to Arunachala, and the two sets of Forty Verses, together with miscellaneous pieces the most significant being Atma Vidya.
Arthur Osborne, 1997
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The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky: Child Psychology
Contains important writings on the development of human psychology from early childhood to adolescence, by a Russian researcher working in the early 20th century.
Lev Semenovich Vygotskiĭ, Robert W. Rieber, Aaron S. Carton, 1998
6
Collected Works
The important "Objectivist" poet finds full voice in this full collection of her poetry, plays, and creative prose from the 1930s and 1940s, organized into the sequence of their creation.
Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy, 2002
7
Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works
The Collected Works brings together for the first time in a single volume all the works currently attributed to Middleton. It is the first edition of Middleton's works since 1886.
‎2007
8
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid is a virtuoso synthesis of storytelling, history, and myth by a writer who brings us back to our familiar legends with a renewed sense of wonder. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Michael Ondaatje, 2011
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Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954-2001
The well-respected New Yorker jazz writer shares his lifetime passion for this great American music form, including his observations of Duke Ellington, Mahalia Jackson, and Charles Mingus, among many others. Reprint.
Whitney Balliett, 2002
10
The Collected Works
A collection of the major works of the celebrated poet, artist, and mystic features an array of stories, parables, prose poems, and essays that include "The Prophet," "The Wanderer," "Jesus the Son of Man," "Spirits Rebellious," and "The ...
Kahlil Gibran, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLECTED WORKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term collected works is used in the context of the following news items.
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Are Northrop Frye's ideas now DOA?
One would think that thirty volumes of the collected works of Northrop Frye would just about cover the subject. Items of Frye provenance have ... «National Post, Jul 15»
2
Former U of G prof McDonald named to Order of...
McDonald is the editor of the 16-volume "Collected Works of Florence Nightingale." Her book "Florence Nightingale at First Hand," written in ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
3
In Pursuit of the "Pursuit of Happiness"
... the letters written by so-called Anti-Federalist, and the collected works of all those in the first rank of the pantheon of American Founders. «The New American, Jul 15»
4
Family calendar, July 5-11
CHILDREN'S STORY HOUR: Readings from picture books for children up to age 5; 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. at Collected Works Bookstore, 202 ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
5
The secret world of Harper Lee
There was a pile of books on the floor of The Meadows, he says, including The Collected Works of CS Lewis. He placed his mouth “10 to 12 ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
6
'Song of Songs' Director Eva Neymann on Re-creating the World of …
... other works, [but] in fact, in the film I have used directly and indirectly fragments from across the whole of Sholem Aleichem's collected works.”. «Variety, Jul 15»
7
Late writer Dave Godfrey created three publishing houses
... Anansi's first big bestseller in 1968, and invited Michael Ondaatje to bring his manuscript for The Collected Works of Billy the Kid to Anansi. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
8
Communist Christianity and Fundamentalist Islam
(3) Friedrich Engels, The Peasant War in Germany (1850), in Marx-Engels Collected Works, vol 10, Lawrence and Wishart, London, ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
9
Bring on the funk: What the What
The third in a series of four concerts at Collected Works Bookstore (202 Galisteo St., 505-988-4226) features trumpeter JQ Whitcomb and the ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
10
Guns and Indians
Mind you, a selective reading of Gandhi's collected works does, in fact, present a good case for the pro-gun lobby. In more than one place, ... «Livemint, Jul 15»

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