composed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpoʊzd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpəʊzd/

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Adjective

composed (comparative more composed, superlative most composed)

1. Showing composure.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 116:

     A kiss of reconciliation settled the matter, and Lord Penrhyn again composed himself in his most composing arm-chair.

   • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.

Derived terms

• composed salad

 

Translations

showing composure

• Bulgarian: спокоен (bg) (spokoen), сдържан (bg) (sdǎržan)
• Esperanto: egalanima
• Finnish: hillitty (fi)
• French: calme (fr), posé (fr)
• Hungarian: higgadt (hu)
• Occitan: calme (oc)
• Romanian: calm (ro), liniștit (ro), netulburat (ro)
• Russian: хладнокро́вный (ru) m (xladnokróvnyj), споко́йный (ru) m (spokójnyj), вы́держанный (ru) m (výderžannyj)
• Sanskrit: धीर (sa) (dhīra)
• Scottish Gaelic: suaimhneach
• Serbo-Croatian: staloženo (sh)
• Spanish: sereno (es), tranquilo (es)
• Thai: เยือกเย็น (yʉ̂ʉak-yen)

Verb

composed

1. simple past and past participle of compose