What does composed mean?

Definitions for composed
kəmˈpoʊzdcom·posed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. composedadjective

    serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

    "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"

Wiktionary

  1. composedadjective

    showing composure.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Composedparticipial adj.

    Calm; serious; even; sedate.

    Etymology: from compose.

    In Spain there is something still more serious and composed in the manner of the inhabitants. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

    The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate,
    Compos’d his posture, and his look sedate. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. composed

    Composed generally refers to being calm, collected, and in control of one's emotions. It can also refer to something being created or formulated, as in a piece of music, literary work, or a mathematical structure. Additionally, in a more literal sense, it can describe something being made up or constituted by various elements or components.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Composed

    of Compose

  2. Composedadjective

    free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed

Editors Contribution

  1. composedverb

    Verb form of the word compose.

    They composed a simple tune easily together.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'composed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4408

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of composed in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of composed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of composed in a Sentence

  1. Gary Neville:

    I have to say over the last 25 years of England, when we're winning we usually drop deep and protect, and when we're losing we get desperate, this team, with every performance I've seen in this tournament, it has been controlled and composed.

  2. Devyn Hensel:

    It's a very fluid story, and in addition to all of the pictures being a little dark themselves in the way they are composed, the captions which Devyn comes up with are just awesome and add to the story so much.

  3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

    When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

  4. Joel Graham:

    This crowd was composed of good, well-meaning people who understood that peace was the only option and were adamant that things remain calm over Eric's death.

  5. Ogden Nash:

    A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

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