composure

«composure» in Mova's school dictionary: Being calm and in control of your feelings, especially in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (composure; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Being calm and in control of your feelings, especially in a difficult or stressful moment. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and sport: a player keeps her composure under pressure; someone loses composure and cries. It tells the reader how calm a character is. Phrases: keep your composure, lose your composure, regain composure.

examples

• She kept her composure even when the crowd booed. tree →
• He lost his composure and started to cry. tree →
• After a deep breath, I regained my composure. tree →
• The goalkeeper showed great composure in the penalty shootout. tree →
• The teacher spoke with composure during the fire alarm. tree →
• It's hard to keep your composure when you're very nervous. tree →
• The pilot's composure kept the passengers calm. tree →
• It was hard for any one to preserve composure on such a day; but these people had strong wills, as unbending as their hard fortune. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: composed (calm). Similar: calmness, self-control. Not related in meaning to "compose" a song, though it comes from the same root.

Trees and pragmatics

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