adj
Meaning 1
Showing composure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
composed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /kəmˈpoʊzd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈpəʊzd/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P OW1 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of compose
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage
- I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: discomposed
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — showing composure
- Bulgarian: сдържан (sdǎržan) — showing composure
- Esperanto: egalanima — showing composure
- Finnish: hillitty — showing composure
- French: calme — showing composure
- French: posé — showing composure
- Hungarian: higgadt — showing composure
- Occitan: calme — showing composure
- Polish: opanowany — showing composure
- Polish: skupiony — showing composure
- Polish: spokojny — showing composure
- Romanian: calm — showing composure
- Romanian: liniștit — showing composure
- Romanian: netulburat — showing composure
- Russian: хладнокро́вный (xladnokróvnyj) — showing composure
- Russian: споко́йный (spokójnyj) — showing composure
- Russian: вы́держанный (výderžannyj) — showing composure
- Sanskrit: धीर (dhīra) — showing composure
- Scottish Gaelic: suaimhneach — showing composure
- Serbo-Croatian: staloženo — showing composure
- Spanish: sereno — showing composure
- Spanish: tranquilo — showing composure
- Thai: เยือกเย็น (yʉ̂ʉak-yen) — showing composure
Real reading context