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    com·posed
    [kəmˈpōzd]
    adjective
    composed (adjective)
    1. having one's feelings and expression under control; calm:
      "a very talented and composed young player"
    com·pose
    [kəmˈpōz]
    verb
    composed (past tense) · composed (past participle)
    1. write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry):
      "he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier"
      • write or phrase (a letter or piece of writing) with care and thought:
        "the first sentence is so hard to compose"
      • form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way:
        "compose and draw a still life"
      • order or arrange (parts) to form a whole, especially in an artistic way:
        "make an attempt to compose your images"
    2. (of elements) constitute or make up (a whole):
      "the system is composed of a group of machines"
      • be (a specified number or amount) of a whole:
        "women compose 49 percent of that group"
    3. calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts):
      "she tried to compose herself"
      • archaic
        settle (a dispute):
        "the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference"
    4. prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed:
      "in offices where close-set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed"
      • set up (letters and characters) of a text in preparation for printing.
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the general sense ‘put together, construct’): from Old French composer, from Latin componere (see component), but influenced by Latin compositus ‘composed’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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    adjective
    1. having one's feelings and expression under control; calm:
      calm
      collected
      cool
      as cool as a cucumber
      coolheaded
      controlled
      self-controlled
      serene
      tranquil
      relaxed
      at ease
      self-possessed
      unruffled
      unperturbed
      unflustered
      undisturbed
      unmoved
      unbothered
      untroubled
      equable
      even-tempered
      levelheaded
      imperturbable
      unflappable
      unfazed
      together
      laid-back
      chilled
      nonplussed
      equanimous
      cool, calm, and collected
      unagitated
      Opposite:
      excited
      overwrought
    verb
    1. write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry):
      write
      create
      devise
      make up
      think up
      frame
      formulate
      fashion
      produce
      originate
      invent
      contrive
      concoct
      pen
      author
      draft
      rhyme
      sing
      verse
      indite
    2. (of elements) constitute or make up (a whole):
      make up
      constitute
      form
      comprise
      • calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts):
        pull oneself together
        keep one's head
        get a grip
        keep one's cool
        decompress
        calm down
        settle down
        control oneself
        regain/recover one's composure
        get control of oneself
        collect oneself
        steady oneself
        simmer down
        keep one's shirt on
        stay loose
        Opposite:
        get worked up
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