How to pronounce composed:
Example: "The performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"
To make something by merging parts.
Example: "The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."
To make up the whole; to constitute.
Example: "A church is composed of its members."
To comprise.
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
Example: "It's difficult to compose without absolute silence."
(sometimes reflexive) to calm; to free from agitation.
Example: "The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt."
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.