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# calm

«calm» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not worried, angry or excited; peaceful: "Stay calm."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (calm, calmer, calmest); verb (calm, calms, calmed, calming); noun (calm)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not worried, angry or excited; peaceful: "Stay calm." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#m1)

2) Still, without wind or waves: "a calm sea". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#m2)

3) As a verb, to make someone or something calm: "calm down". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#m3)

4) As a noun, a peaceful, quiet time: "the calm before the storm". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: in an emergency, stay calm, think, and follow the plan; breathing slowly helps you calm down when angry or scared. In weather: calm means no wind. Phrases: calm down, keep calm, stay calm, calm and collected.

### examples

- Stay calm and call for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x1)
- Take deep breaths to calm down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x2)
- The sea was calm this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x3)
- She spoke in a calm voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x4)
- Keep calm during the fire drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x5)
- The music calmed the baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x6)
- It was a calm, sunny day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x7)
- After the storm came the calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x8)
- He tried to calm the Dragon King. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/#x9)

### note

The "l" is silent: say "kahm". Adverb: "calmly". Calm does not mean slow; you can move quickly and still be calm.

### In the corpora

- [Babies feed from the breast or a bottle, often for twenty minutes or more, and they need calm to settle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/17/)
- [Most grown-ups calm down quickly after shouting and feel bad about it; shouting does not mean they stop loving you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/9/)
- [Slow breathing, such as breathing in while counting to four and out while counting to six, helps calm a racing heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/21/)
- [A chatbot is wonderfully good at sounding right: clear sentences, a calm voice, no "erm".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/0/)
- [Nerves make breath short and the voice shaky, even in good singers; slow breathing before singing helps calm the voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calm» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calm/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.