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say it: kuhm-POHZD
composed is an adjective meaning "serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for composed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.