Dictionary Definition
composed adj
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" [ant: discomposed]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
- In a manner showing composure.
Verb
composed- past of compose
Extensive Definition
Composition can refer to:
- Composition (logical fallacy), a fallacy of ambiguation in which one assumes that a whole has a property solely because its various parts have that property
- Composition (visual arts), the plan, placement or arrangement of the elements of art in a work
- Composition (language), in literature, oratory, and rhetoric, producing a work of spoken tradition or written literature
- Compounding is also known as composition in linguistic literature
- in computer science
- Object composition, combining simpler data types into more complex data types, or function calls into calling functions
- Function composition (computer science), an act or mechanism to combine simple functions to build more complicated ones
- in mathematics
- Composition (number theory), a way of writing a positive integer as a sum of positive integers
- Function composition, an operation that takes functions and gives a single function as the result
- Relation composition, an operation that takes relations and gives a single relation as the result
- A law of composition, usually called a binary function
- Musical composition, an original piece of music
- Composition studies, the professional field of writing instruction
- MIDI composition
See also
- Early Germanic law, concerning the use of the term composition, or making a payment instead of receiving a punishment. With reference to the modern period, see Ausgleich, also called the Composition of 1867.
- Compose key, a key on a computer keyboard
composed in Catalan: Composició
composed in German: Komposition
composed in Estonian: Kompositsioon
composed in Spanish: Composición
composed in French: Composition
composed in Hebrew: קומפוזיציה
composed in Dutch: Compositie
composed in Portuguese: Composição
composed in Russian: Композиция
composed in Slovak: Kompozícia
composed in Serbian: Композиција
composed in Finnish: Kompositio
composed in Yiddish: קאמפאזיציע
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accepting, aligned, amalgam, amalgamation, arranged, arrayed, assorted, assured, at ease, aweless, balanced, calm, categorized, classified, collected, combination, comfortable, commixture, compact of,
composed of, composing, composite, compost, compound, comprising, confident, consisting of,
constituted,
constituting,
contained in, containing, content, contented, cool, disposed, easy, easygoing, embodied in,
embodying, equanimous, equilibrious, eupeptic, euphoric, expected, expecting, fixed, formed of, graded, grouped, happy, harmonized, immixture, imperturbable, including, inclusive of,
inexcitable,
intermixture,
levelheaded, made
of, made out of, made up of, marshaled, methodized, mix, mix-up, nonchalant, normalized, of good comfort,
ordered, orderly, organized, placed, placid, pleased, poised, possessed, quiet, ranged, ranked, recollected, reconciled, regularized, regulated, repressed, resigned, routinized, sans souci,
satisfied, sedate, self-assured,
self-confident, self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained,
serene, serious, sorted, staid, standardized, still, subsuming, suppressed, synchronized, systematized, together, tranquil, unamazed, unastonished, unastounded, unawed, unbewildered, uncomplaining, undazed, undazzled, undumbfounded, unflappable, unimpressed, union, unmarveling, unmoved, unrepining, unruffled, unsurprised, unwondering, well-balanced,
without care, wonderless