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.
   • 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.

Translations

showing composure

• Bulgarian: спокоен (bg) (spokoen), сдържан (bg) (sdǎržan)
• Esperanto: egalanima
• Finnish: hillitty (fi)
• French: calme (fr), posé (fr)
• Occitan: calme (oc)

• Romanian: calm (ro), liniștit (ro), netulburat (ro)
• 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 tense and past participle of compose