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COMPOSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress
Example:
I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time
Classified under:
Similar:
calm; serene; tranquil; unagitated (not agitated; without losing self-possession)
imperturbable; unflappable (not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure)
collected; equanimous; poised; self-collected; self-contained; self-possessed (in full control of your faculties)
cool; coolheaded; nerveless (marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional)
unflurried; unflustered; unperturbed; unruffled (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension)
Also:
unagitated (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)
dignified (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance)
Antonym:
discomposed (having your composure disturbed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb compose
Context examples:
The tumor is composed of small round cells with scanty cytoplasm arranged in a trabecular pattern, or in ill-defined nodules or in a diffuse pattern.
(Merkel cell carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
After the relief of tears, she soon became composed, and even cheerful.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A precancerous lesion of the skin composed of atypical keratinocytes.
(Actinic (Solar) Keratosis, NCI Thesaurus)
An object composed of, or containing metal.
(Metallic Object, NCI Thesaurus)
MXenes are sheets of materials only a few atoms thick that are mostly composed of layers of metals like titanium interleaved by carbon and/or nitrogen.
(Vitamin C is key to protection of new nanomaterial, National Science Foundation)
This faithfulness was a quality of the clay that composed him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They are composed chiefly of actin.
(Actin Filament, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A sterile hemostatic agent composed of purified porcine-derived gelatin.
(Absorbable Gelatin Sponge, NCI Thesaurus)
The abdominal wall tissue is composed of layers of fat, parietal peritoneum, fascia, and muscles.
(Abdominal Wall, NCI Thesaurus)
They formed scaffold structures composed of the nanoparticles embedded in a non-toxic gel often used in biomedical applications.
(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)
