composed

«composed» in Mova's school dictionary: «Composed of»: made of or formed from certain parts… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past of «compose»: compose, composes, composed, composing); adjective (composed)

meaning for a pupil

1) «Composed of»: made of or formed from certain parts (water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen). tree →

2) Wrote or created music, a poem or a letter. tree →

3) (adjective) Calm and in control of your feelings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, what something is made of; in maths, a number composed of tens and ones; in music lessons, a composer composed a piece; in stories, a composed character stays calm. Phrases: «composed of», «calm and composed», «composed by».

examples

• Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. tree →
• The number 47 is composed of 4 tens and 7 ones. tree →
• Mozart composed music when he was a child. tree →
• The team is composed of eleven players. tree →
• She stayed calm and composed during the fire drill. tree →
• He composed a poem for his mum. tree →
• The class is composed of 14 boys and 16 girls. tree →

note

Use «composed OF», not «composed from». «Comprise» and «composed of» mean similar things. In maths: «composed of» tells you the parts — add them for the whole (14 boys + 16 girls = 30 pupils). Noun «composer» (a person who writes music); «composition» (a piece of writing or music).

In the corpora

• The book calls it «perhaps the most conceited song that any animal ever composed».
• BY TOAD. (Composed by himself.)», and «OTHER COMPOSITIONS.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «composed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.