Composed

Definition: Composed

Composed

Adjective

1. Made up of individual elements; "if perception is seen as composed of isolated sense data...".

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "composed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonym: Composed

Composition

Verb: be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of; consist of, be resolved into.

Excitability

Verb: be composed; Adjective:

Temperate; (moderate); composed, collected; unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned; unoffended; unresisting.

Feeling

Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.

Crosswords: Composed

You are saying that a group of animals, entirely composed of females, will breed? (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

A divine music bursts out over them all. A great mass of death! Requiem mass for Wolfgang Mozart, composed by his dear friend, Antonio Salieri! (Amadeus; writing credit: Peter Shaffer;)

Straight and composed. (At The Stars; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. (references; author: unknown)

Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration, and then expectoration. (references; author: unknown)

Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water. (references; author: unknown)

What common everyday occurrence is composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide? A fart. (references; author: unknown)

The world is composed of givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Beneath the Underdog: His World As Composed by Mingus (reference)

• Composed and Conducted by Walter Scharf (reference)

• Composed on the Tongue (reference)

• Newly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia (Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations) (reference)

• The Behavior of Shells Composed of Isotropic and Composite Materials (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 18) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Music Composed And Performed By Goblin: Their Rare Tracks & Outtakes Collection, 1975-1989 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Note the fusion of the former scales of which the protective shell is composed, as well as the small, hair-like projections emerging from pores within this mantle. Credit: CDC.

Bullet-shaped virion is covered with 10-nm glycoprotein spikes. Ribonucleoprotein is composed of RNA encased in nucleoprotein (yellow), phosphorylated or phosphoprotein (orange), and polymerase (gray). Credit: CDC.

The Dasht-e Kevir, or Great Salt Desert, is the largest desert in Iran. It is a primarily uninhabited wasteland, composed of mud and salt marshes covered with crusts of salt that protect the meager moisture from completely evaporating. Credit: NASA.

View from delta splay along Southwest Pass towards islands composed of Phragmites, an exotic species commonly called roseau cane. Credit: America's Coastlines.

An image of sludge. The sludge is composed of copper, zinc and iron bound in a carbonate mixture. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Swash zone at Cabretta(?). Looking south. Georgia's coastline is composed of wide, slowly sloping beaches. Wave action is minimal compared to other areas of the East Coast. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Like corals, glass sponges are also partly composed of calcareous material. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Figure 62. Breguet-Saxton metallic thermometer first invented about 1817 by the instrument maker Louis Abraham Breguet. The first of this type was composed of platinum, silver, and gold with the silver placed in the center. Differential expansion of the metals provided the temperature measurement. In 1848, Joseph Saxton made a similar one for the U. S. Coast Survey but it was inaccurate. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats. Credit: NAVY.

Photographic mosaic of the ship's remains, composed of individual photographs taken from the research ship Alcoa Seaprobe in April 1974, when Monitor's wreck was initially discovered. Monitor lies upside down, in badly damaged condition, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In this image, her bow is to the right, with her turret displaced and visible in the lower left, with the hull resting atop it. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Clause 1: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, (See Note 3) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. (reference)

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. (reference)

It will be composed of five judges, one appointed by each of the following Powers: namely, the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Her father composed himself to sleep after dinner, as usual, and she had then only to sit and think of what she had lost.

Poor Bob sat down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed himself, he kissed the little face.

He was himself, moreover, composed of two apparently incompatible elements.

The superficies was composed of several bits of wood, about the bigness of a die, but some larger than others.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Each kidney is composed of about 1 million nephrons. (references)

The pallidum is composed of the globus pallidus and the ventral pallidum. (references)

Each rung of this ladder is composed of two paired chemicals called bases. (references)

Business

The officer corps, however, is composed almost exclusively of UAE nationals. (references)

This market is composed of extremely different and often unrelated industries. (references)

The Polish port system is composed of port authorities that manage the country's commercial ports. (references)

Children

Guatemala

COPREDEH continued weekly meetings of the Permanent Commission for Children, composed of representatives from Casa Alianza and from the judicial and executive branches, with the aim of addressing the problems of street children. (references)

Lithuania

The Disabled Persons' Affairs Council, composed of members of disabled persons' organizations and the Government, grants government money to NGO's for various employment, education, rehabilitation, and other programs ($5 million during the year). (references)

Guatemala

While the National Council for the Disabled, composed of representatives of concerned government ministries and agencies, met regularly to discuss initiatives, essentially no resources have been devoted to the implementation of their recommendations. (references)

Civil Liberties

Albania

RTVSh is composed of a national television station and a national radio station. (references)

Iran

The delegation was composed of American, Japanese, South Korean, and Indian nationals. (references)

Maldives

The Press Council is composed of lawyers, private and government media representatives, and other government officials. (references)

Economic History

Eritrea

It is composed of 17 ministers and chaired by the president. (references)

Mexico

The Congress is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies. (references)

Maldives

The unicameral Majlis is composed of 48 members serving 5-year terms. (references)

Human Rights

Malta

The criminal court, composed of a judge and nine jurors, hears criminal cases. (references)

Macau

This Committee is composed of 10 members, 5 from the SAR and 5 from the mainland. (references)

Cuba

Panels composed of a mix of professionally certified and lay judges preside over them. (references)

Indigenous People

Brunei

The 6 percent of the population that is composed of indigenous people long has been integrated into society, and enjoys the same rights as other citizens. (references)

Chile

A committee composed of representatives of indigenous groups participated in drafting the 1993 law that recognizes the ethnic diversity of the indigenous population and gives indigenous people a voice in decisions affecting their lands, cultures, and traditions. (references)

Minorities

Solomon Islands

The country is composed of over 27 islands with approximately 70 language groups. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

The emergency tribunals were composed of civil and military judges. (references)

Tonga

The security apparatus is composed of the Tonga Defense Services (TDS) and a police force. (references)

Brazil

Brazil is a constitutional federal republic composed of 26 states and the Federal District. (references)

Political Rights

Burundi

The cabinet also is composed of 11 Tutsis. (references)

Germany

The second chamber, the Bundesrat, is composed of delegations from state governments; there are no collective Bundesrat elections. (references)

Macau

Prior to the September elections, the Legislative Assembly was composed of 8 members elected directly, 12 elected indirectly, and 7 that were appointed. (references)

Trade

Cote D'ivoire

C�te d'Ivoire has a tariff structure composed of two basic customs charges: a fiscal duty and a customs duty. (references)

Botswana

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is an economic block composed of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland. (references)

Zambia

The Banking System: Zambia has a commercial banking sector composed of private international banks, private domestic banks, and parastatal banks. (references)

Travel

Jamaica

The Jamaican dollar is the unit of currency and is composed of 100 cents. (references)

Women

Greece

An interministerial committee composed of the GSES, the Ministry of Public Order, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Justice, serves as an information-sharing forum on women's issues. (references)

Philippines

The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), composed of 10 government officials and 10 NGO leaders appointed by the President, acts as an oversight body whose goal is to press for effective implementation of programs benefiting women. (references)

Worker Rights

France

Labor tribunals, composed of worker and employer representatives, are available to resolve complaints. (references)

Mauritania

It also provides for tripartite arbitration committees composed of union, business, and government representatives. (references)

Qatar

The law provides for the establishment of joint consultative committees composed of representatives of the employer and workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "composed": be composed ♦ be composed of. Additional references.

Ending with "composed": through-composed.

Afrikaans

beheers (control, govern, know how, restrain, restrained, rule, self-possessed). (various references)

Albanian

i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i përmbajtur (aloof, continent, controlled, cool-headed, decent, demure, discreet, even tempered, modest, passionless, restrained, sedate, self-collected, sober minded, staid, stand off, strange, temperate, unaffable, undemonstrative). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هادئ (calm, cloistered, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless), ‏رابط الجأش (collected, cool, cucumber, imperturbable, nonchalant, philosophical, phlegmatical, possessed, self possessed). (various references)

Bulgarian 

улегнал (mellow, sedate, settled, staid), сдържан (aloof, buttoned up, chary, continent, coy, distant, modest, offish, remote, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, stand offish, taciturn, unaffable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, undramatic, unemotional, unsociable, unsocial). (various references)

Chinese 

鎮 (leather shoes, small town, to post, to press down, to suppress), 謖 (rise, to begin), 组成 (Compose, Composing), 安祥 (serene, unruffled), 安寧 (calm, free from worry, peaceful, tranquil). (various references)

Czech

vyrovnaný (balanced, close, equable, even, even tempered, good tempered, secure, self possessed, serene, stable, well balanced), pokojný (Pacific, peaceful, restful, still, tranquil), klidný (calm, collected, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, smooth, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed). (various references)

Danish

compositus, sammensat (composite). (various references)

Dutch

compositus, samengesteld (complex, complicated, compound), beheerst (restrained, self-possessed). (various references)

Esperanto

sinrega (restrained, self-possessed). (various references)

Finnish

levollinen (calm, self-possessed, unperturbed), kokoonpantu (made up), hillitty (controlled, quiet, restrained, subdued), hätäilemätön (calm, collected). (various references)

French

composé (compound), calme (composure, cool, cool-headed, coolness), tranquille, posé (collected). (various references)

German

zusammengestellt (constituted). (various references)

Greek 

σύνθετος (compound), μικτός, ήρεμοσ (calm, collected, dispassionate, even tempered, placid, quiescent, quiet, serene, still, tranquil), ατάραχοσ (cool, imperturbable, sedate, self possessed, stolid, unabashed, unperturbed, unruffled). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיושב ב�"עתו (even tempered, level headed, self possessed, sober, staid, steady), מורכב (combined, complex, complicated, composite, compound, intricate), מחובר (connected, joined, written), מרוכב (composite, compound). (various references)

Hungarian

higgadt (collected, cool-headed, demure, even tempered, grave, impassible, imperturbable, level headed, level-headed, moderate, philosophical, placid, quiescent, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, self-possessed, serene, sober, sober-blooded, staid, unperturbed), nyugodt (calm, calm-glassy, comfortable, good tempered, good-tempered, imperturbable, in all conscience, leisurely, level-headed, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reassured, relaxed, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, staid, still, stilly, to be at ease, tranquil, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled). (various references)

Indonesian

tenang (pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, staid, still). (various references)

Italian

composto (compound, dignified, made up, mixture, self possessed). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

落ち着いた (calm, quiet), 自若 (self-possessed), 泰然たる (calm, firm), 平然たる (calm), �"容たる (calm, tranquil), 余裕綽綽たる (calm and broadminded), 冷やか (chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cool, curt, indifferent, surly), 冷ややか (chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cool, curt, indifferent, surly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいぜ�"たる (calm, firm), おちついた (calm, quiet), しょうようたる (calm, tranquil), ひややか (chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cool, curt, indifferent, surly), よゆうしゃくしゃくたる (calm and broadminded), じじゃく (self-possessed), へいぜ�"たる (calm). (various references)

Korean 

구성하�" (Constitutive, made-up). (various references)

Manx

sheeoil (peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving), kiune (calm, flat, Halcyon days, pacific, quiescent, serene, still, tranquil), feagh (at rest, calm, docile, piano, quiet, restful, still). (various references)

Pig Latin

omposedcay

Portuguese

composto (composite, compost, compound, decent, sedate, serious), calmo (calm, collected, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, imperturbable, irresponsive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, philosophic, philosophical, phlegmatic, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled), sereno (calm, canny, cool-headed, dew, even-minded, half-light, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, self-collected, self-possessed, serene, smooth, sober-blooded, staid, stilly, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

Romanian

calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), odihnit (fresh, recreated, refreshed, relaxed, rested, soothed, tranquil), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

Russian 

спокойный (calm, calmer, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzdržan (forbearing, offish, reserved, restrained, taciturn, undemonstrative), staložen (calm, orderly, poised, sedate, settled, staid), sređen (settled, steady, straight), miran (calm, douce, halcyon, orderly, peaceful, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil). (various references)

Spanish

dueño de sí mismo (restrained, self possessed, self-composed, self-possessed), compuesto (composite, compound, improved, integrated, integration, made up). (various references)

Swedish

lugn (calm, comfortable, comfy, composure, cool, cool-headed, coolness, countenance, dispassionate, ease, easiness, easy, equability, equable, impassive, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbable, leisurely, low pressure, orderly, peace, peaceful, philosophical, phlegm, placid, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restful, sedate, self controlled, self possessed, sequestered, serene, serenity, sheltered, sobriety, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled), fattad (collected, cool). (various references)

Turkish

sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), kendi halinde (composedly, inoffensive, placid, simple, simple minded, simple-hearted, unobtrusive). (various references)

Turkmen 

giс (spacious, wide), dьzьwli (orderly). (various references)

Ukrainian

стриманий (abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, chary, chaste, checked, close, collected, continent, coy, demure, discreet, dry, guarded, low key, measured, offish, restrained, reticent, self controlled, self-composed, spartan, stand off, temperate, undemonstrative, well balanced), спокійний (balanced, calm, canny, collected, cool, cool-headed, deft, easeful, even-minded, halcyon, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, restful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bình tĩnh (collected, cool-headed, level-headed, self-collected, self-possessed, steady, unruffled), điềm tĩnh (calmly, cool, impassive, imperturbable, passionless, placid, self-collected, settled). (various references)

animaequior, animaequiores. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "composed": composedly, composedness, composednesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "composed": decomposed, discomposed, photocomposed, recomposed, undecomposed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Composed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compense, composa, composee, compuse, copose, couponed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: comedos, compose, scooped.

-2 letters: comedo, comose, comped, compos, cooped, mopeds, scoped.

-3 letters: codes, coeds, comes, compo, comps, cooed, coops, coped, copes, copse, decos, demos, domes, dooms, dopes, modes, moods, mooed, moose, moped, mopes, poems, pomes, poods, posed, scoop, scope, sodom, spode.

-4 letters: ceps, code, cods, coed, come, comp, coop, coos, cope, cops, deco, demo.

+1 letter: composted, decompose.

+2 letters: composedly, composited, decomposed, decomposer, decomposes, discompose, recomposed.

+3 letters: compendious, compounders, compradores, compromised, decomposers, decomposing, discomposed, discomposes.

+4 letters: composedness, computerdoms, decomposable, discomposure, proctodaeums, undecomposed.

+5 letters: chlamydospore, compendiously, decomposition, decompression, discomposures, mispronounced, photocomposed, pseudomorphic.