adjective, verb, noun
adjective (calmer, calmest)
1 not excited, nervous or upset:
It is important to keep calm in an emergency. * Try to remain calm. * Her voice was surprisingly calm. * The city is calm again (= free from disorder and fighting) after yesterday's riots.
2 (of the sea) without large waves
3 (of the weather) without wind:
a calm, cloudless day
calmly adverb:
'I'll call the doctor,' he said calmly.
calmness noun [U]
verb [VN] to make sb/sth become quiet and more relaxed, especially after strong emotion or excitement:
Have some brandy; it'll calm your nerves. * His presence had a calming influence.
seealsoTRAFFICCALMING
PHRASALVERBS
calm down
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for calm is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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