"composure" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/ [General-American], /kəmˈpəʊʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-composure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: composures [plural]
Etymology: From compose + -ure. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}, {{suffix|en|compose|ure}} compose + -ure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} composure (countable and uncountable, plural composures)
  1. Calmness of mind or temperament Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: coolness, self-possession Synonyms (calmness): equanimity Translations (calmness of mind or matter, self-possession): спокойствие (spokojstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хладнокръвие (hladnokrǎvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), самообладание (samoobladanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), klid [masculine] (Czech), rozvaha [feminine] (Czech), vyrovnanost [feminine] (Czech), zelfbeheersing [feminine] (Dutch), kalmte [feminine] (Dutch), trankvileco (Esperanto), trankvilo (Esperanto), egalanimeco (Esperanto), maltti (Finnish), tyyneys (Finnish), calme [masculine] (French), quiétude [feminine] (French), contenance [feminine] (French), Gelassenheit [feminine] (German), Fassung [feminine] (German), Haltung [feminine] (German), innere Ruhe (German), Selbstbeherrschung [feminine] (German), Contenance [feminine] (German), Ruhe [feminine] (German), Gemütsruhe [feminine] (German), Sammlung [feminine] (German), Seelenruhe [feminine] (German), Ausgeglichenheit [feminine] (German), higgadtság (Hungarian), önuralom (Hungarian), hidegvér (Hungarian), sodra (Hungarian), contegno (Italian), compostezza [feminine] (Italian), ritegno [masculine] (Italian), autocontrollo [masculine] (Italian), disponibilità [feminine] (Italian), mahurutanga (Maori), taumauri (Maori), calma [feminine] (Occitan), opanowanie [neuter] (Polish), compostura [feminine] (Portuguese), comedimento [masculine] (Portuguese), calm (Romanian), autocontrol (Romanian), самооблада́ние (samoobladánije) [neuter] (Russian), хладнокро́вие (xladnokróvije) [neuter] (Russian), споко́йствие (spokójstvije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́держка (výderžka) [feminine] (Russian), suaimhneas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), staloženost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), compostura [feminine] (Spanish), entereza (Spanish), självbehärskning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-composure-en-noun-2FmNqrVc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ure Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 6 12 9 6 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ure: 46 14 13 14 9 4 Disambiguation of 'calmness': 91 0 4 1 2 1 Disambiguation of 'calmness of mind or matter, self-possession': 81 2 6 6 3 2
  2. (obsolete) The act of composing Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-composure-en-noun-OW65Nqzv
  3. (obsolete) Something which is composed; a composition. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-composure-en-noun-qPXMlx7Y
  4. (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-composure-en-noun-JMheARWF
  5. (obsolete) Frame; make; temperament. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-composure-en-noun-xjoilk6a
  6. (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-composure-en-noun-KUzhCCBe

Inflected forms

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          "word": "contegno"
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          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "compostezza"
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          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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          "word": "ritegno"
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          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "autocontrollo"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "disponibilità"
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          "_dis1": "81 2 6 6 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "word": "mahurutanga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 2 6 6 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "word": "taumauri"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "calma"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "opanowanie"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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          "word": "compostura"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "comedimento"
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          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "word": "calm"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
          "word": "autocontrol"
        },
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          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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          "word": "самооблада́ние"
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          "roman": "xladnokróvije",
          "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "entereza"
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        {
          "text": "1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592,\n[…] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching."
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          "ref": "1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, London: Richard Wilkin, Part 5, p. 230",
          "text": "[…] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]",
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        "(obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition."
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        "(obsolete) Frame; make; temperament."
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        "(obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond."
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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    },
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "trankvilo"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "egalanimeco"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "maltti"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "tyyneys"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quiétude"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contenance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gelassenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Haltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "innere Ruhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Ruhe"
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Sammlung"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Haltung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Seelenruhe"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "higgadtság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "önuralom"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "hidegvér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "sodra"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "contegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compostezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritegno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autocontrollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disponibilità"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "mahurutanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "taumauri"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opanowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compostura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comedimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "calm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "autocontrol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoobladánije",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самооблада́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xladnokróvije",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хладнокро́вие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spokójstvije",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "споко́йствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výderžka",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́держка"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suaimhneas"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "staloženost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compostura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "entereza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "calmness of mind or matter, self-possession",
      "word": "självbehärskning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "composure"
}

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