calm
peaceful, quiet, and without worry
آرام، متین
The sea is calm tonight.
امشب دريا آرام است.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
adjective (calmer, calmest)
pronunciation
The word calm sounds like arm, because we don't say the letter l in this word.
1 quiet, and not excited or afraid:
Try to keep calm – there's no danger.
2 without big waves:
a calm sea
3 without much wind:
calm weather
>> calmly adverb:
He spoke calmly about the accident.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
calm
I. calm1 S3 W3 /kɑːm $ kɑːm, kɑːlm/ BrE AmE adjective (comparative calmer, superlative calmest)
[Word Family: noun: ↑calm, ↑calmness; verb: ↑calm; adverb: ↑calmly; adjective: ↑calm]
1. relaxed and quiet, not angry, nervous, or upset:
Glen was calm and composed at the funeral.
remain/stay/keep calm
I tried to stay calm and just ignore him.
2. if a place, period of time, or situation is calm, there is less activity, trouble etc than there sometimes is, or than there has been recently:
The financial markets are calm at the moment.
The streets are calm again after last night’s disturbances.
3. a sea, lake etc that is calm is smooth or has only gentle waves:
The seas were dead calm.
—calmly adverb
—calmness noun [uncountable]
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ calm not getting angry, nervous, or upset, even in a difficult situation: We’ll talk about this later when you’re feeling calmer. | Everyone praised Douglas for the calm way in which he handled the situation.
▪ relaxed not worried about anything, especially so that people feel comfortable: Looking relaxed and confident, the president answered questions from the press. | There was a relaxed atmosphere.
▪ chilled-out (also chilled) informal very relaxed and not worried – used especially by young people: I’m much more chilled-out about the whole thing this year.
▪ laid-back informal someone who is laid-back is always relaxed and never seems to get worried or annoyed about anything: I like his laid-back attitude to life. | My parents are pretty laid-back and don’t mind me staying out late.
▪ mellow informal relaxed, friendly, and happy, especially after drinking alcohol: After a few drinks, everyone was pretty mellow.
▪ cool informal staying calm and not showing your emotions, especially when other people are getting excited or angry: He is the kind of player who always manages to stay cool, even under pressure. | She was as cool as a cucumber (=very cool).
▪ keep your head to manage to stay calm and behave in a sensible way in a difficult or frightening situation: In this job you need to be good at keeping your head in a crisis.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
calm
calm [calm calms calmed calming calmer calmest] adjective, verb, noun [kɑːm] [kɑːm]
adjective (calm·er, calm·est)
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 trouble and fighting) after yesterday's riots.
2. (of the sea) without large waves
3. (of the weather) without wind
• a calm, cloudless day
Word Origin:
late Middle English: via one of the Romance languages from Greek kauma ‘heat (of the day)’.
Thesaurus:
calm adj.
• Keep calm in an emergency.
cool • • relaxed • • placid • • composed • • controlled • • unperturbed • • unfazed • • easy-going • • patient • |informal laid-back • |sometimes disapproving casual •
Opp: agitated, Opp: excitable
calm/cool/easy-going/patient/laid-back/casual about sth
a/an calm/cool/relaxed/controlled/easy-going/laid-back/casual manner
a calm/cool/relaxed/placid/controlled voice
Calm, cool or relaxed? Relaxed describes how you feel about sth. Cool is used more to describe how sb behaves: they don't let their feelings affect their behaviour. Calm can describe feelings or behaviour.
Thesaurus:
calm noun
1. U, sing.
• in the calm of the evening
peace • • quiet • • hush • • silence • |especially BrE tranquillity • |AmE usually tranquility •
absolute/total/relative calm/peace/quiet/silence/tranquillity
a sudden calm/quiet/hush/silence
break the calm/peace/quiet/silence
2. U, sing.
• The police appealed for calm.
peace • • order •
an uneasy calm/peace
relative/comparative calm/peace
calm/peace/order prevails
Example Bank:
• Her voice was firm and perfectly calm.
• I may have appeared calm but I certainly didn't feel it.
• Keep the patient calm.
• She seemed pretty calm about it.
• Sit down and keep calm!
• The pain had receded and he felt curiously calm.
• The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm.
• The sea was dead calm.
• The voice sounded outwardly calm.
• You seem remarkably calm.
• flat calm conditions
• He spoke in a reassuringly calm voice.
• She handled the situation with calm assurance.
• Strangely, she felt quite calm about it.
• The city is calm again after yesterday's riots.
• The golden rule of first aid is to stay calm.
• The oars dipped in the calm water.
• The talks took place in a calm and serious atmosphere.
Idiom: calm before the storm
Derived Words: calmly ▪ calmness
Derived: calm down ▪ calm somebody down
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
calm / kɑːm / adjective
B1 peaceful, quiet, and without worry:
He has a very calm manner.
Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.
without hurried movement or noise:
After a night of fighting, the streets are now calm.
B1 describes weather when there is no wind, or the sea or a lake when it is still and has no waves
calmly / ˈkɑːm.li / adverb
B2 in a quiet or relaxed way:
She reacted surprisingly calmly to the news of his death.
calmness / ˈkɑːm.nəs / noun [ U ]
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
calm
[kɑ͟ːm]
♦♦♦
calmer, calmest, calms, calming, calmed
1) ADJ-GRADED A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman...
Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened...
She sighed, then continued in a soft, calm voice...
Diane felt very calm and unafraid as she saw him off the next morning.
Derived words:
calmly ADV-GRADED usu ADV with v, also ADV adj Alan looked at him and said calmly, `I don't believe you.'... Hungary, by contrast, has so far reacted calmly to events in Yugoslavia.
calmness N-UNCOUNT All those things gave him a feeling of security and calmness.
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
Calm is also a noun. He felt a sudden sense of calm, of contentment.
2) VERB If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
[V n] The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics...
[V n] Tranquilliser drugs were used to calm the deportees...
[V n] She was breathing quickly and tried to calm herself...
[V n] A business lunch helps calm her nerves.
Derived words:
calming ADJ-GRADED ...a fresh, cool fragrance which produces a very calming effect on the mind.
3) N-UNCOUNT Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place.
The house projects an atmosphere of neoclassical calm and order.
...the rural calm of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Syn:
peace
4) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected. [JOURNALISM]
The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.
Syn:
peaceful
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
Calm is also a noun. Community and church leaders have appealed for calm and no retaliation... An uneasy calm is reported to be prevailing in the area.
5) VERB To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
[V n] Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation...
[V n] Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.
6) ADJ-GRADED If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
...as we slid into the calm waters of Cowes Harbour.
Syn:
still
Ant:
rough
7) ADJ-GRADED Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
Tuesday was a fine, clear and calm day.
8) N-COUNT: usu supp N In sailing, a flat calm or a dead calm is a condition of the sea or the weather in which there is very little wind or movement of the water. [TECHNICAL]
...during flat calms when the water is crystal clear...
We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.
9) VERB When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
10) VERB To calm a pain or an itch means to reduce it or get rid of it.
[V n] ...more traditional methods of soothing the skin and calming the itch.
Syn:
soothe
11) PHRASE You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.
Phrasal Verbs:
- calm down
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
1calm /ˈkɑːm/ adj calm·er; -est
1 : not angry, upset, excited, etc.
• The teacher asked us to remain/stay calm after the fire alarm went off.
• The capital city was calm despite rumors of a possible terrorist attack. [=people in the city behaved in the usual way; there was not a lot of excited or fearful activity in the city]
• Let's try to have a calm discussion about your grades.
• My brother is always calm, cool, and collected. [=he never gets very upset]
2
- used to describe weather that is not windy, stormy, etc.
• a calm day
• They're predicting calm winds today.
• a calm sea [=a sea that has no waves or only very small waves]
- calm·ly adv [more ~; most ~]
• The coach calmly told her players what to do next.
- calm·ness noun [noncount]
• I suddenly had a great feeling of calmness.
