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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#m1)

2) Wrote or created music, a poem or a letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#m2)

3) (adjective) Calm and in control of your feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x1)
- The number 47 is composed of 4 tens and 7 ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x2)
- Mozart composed music when he was a child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x3)
- The team is composed of eleven players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x4)
- She stayed calm and composed during the fire drill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x5)
- He composed a poem for his mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x6)
- The class is composed of 14 boys and 16 girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composed/#x7)

### 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».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/2/)
- [BY TOAD. (Composed by himself.)», and «OTHER COMPOSITIONS.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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