1. 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"

1. Form the substance of
   "Greed and ambition composed his personality" 
2. Write music
   "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
   - write 
3. Produce a literary work
   "She composed a poem"
   - write, pen, indite [archaic] 
4. Put together out of existing material
   - compile 
5. Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
   "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" 
6. Make up plans or basic details for
   - frame, draw up

See also: calm, collected, component, composedly, composer, composition, compositor, composure, cool, coolheaded, dignified, equanimous, imperturbable, nerveless, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, unagitated, unflappable, unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled

Type of: be, calm, calm down, comprise, constitute, create, create verbally, lull, make, make up, plan, quiet, quieten, represent, still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize

Antonym: discomposed

Encyclopedia: Compose

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