noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/kəmˈpəʊʒə/
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CMU ARPABET:K AH0 M P OW1 ZH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Calmness of mind or temperament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coolness, self-possession, countenance
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act of composing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592, [...] Signr Pietro [...] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something which is composed; a composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Orderly adjustment; disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Frame; make; temperament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A combination; a union; a bond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
steadiness of mind under stress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
