Basic Details
Word: Composed
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Calm and in control of your feelings. As the past tense of compose, it also means wrote music or poetry, or was made up of parts.
Synonyms: calm, collected, serene, unruffled
Antonyms: agitated, flustered, nervous
How to Spell Composed
Syllables: com - posed
Tricky part: The s between the vowels sounds like z, so students write compozed. The e of compose stays and only d is added.
Watch out for: compozed, composd, commposed
Memory tip: A composer poses at the piano: com + pose + d. The pose in the middle reminds you of the s.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Despite the noisy crowd, the batter stayed composed and hit the winning run.
Example 2: Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.
Example 3: Rabindranath Tagore composed both the words and the music of Jana Gana Mana.
Fun Fact
A R Rahman composed the music for Jai Ho, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2009.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word composed as used in the sentence:
Even when the microphone failed, the young speaker remained composed and finished her talk.
a) serene
b) calm
c) flustered
d) collected
Show answer
c) flustered. A flustered speaker would have stumbled or stopped; this one stayed calm instead.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The orchestra played a lovely piece that the young pianist had compozed during the long winter holidays.
a) orchestra
b) compozed
c) pianist
d) holidays
Show answer
b) compozed. The z sound between the o and the e is written with an s, as in rose and nose.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
The committee is mcposoed of three teachers, two parents and one student.
a) composed
b) compost
c) proposed
d) exposed
Show answer
a) composed. Compost has a t in place of the e and d, exposed needs an x and proposed an r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a person who writes music called?
a) a drummer
b) a listener
c) a conductor
d) a composer
Show answer
d) a composer
2. When we say a team is composed of eleven players, we mean it ____.
a) has lost them
b) is made up of them
c) is calmer than them
d) has written a song
Show answer
b) is made up of them
