Tra từ calm - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

calm [calm calms calmed calming calmer calmest] adjective, verb, noun BrE [kɑːm] NAmE [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

verb ~ sb/sth
to make sb/sth become quiet and more relaxed, especially after strong emotion or excitement
• Have some tea; it'll calm your nerves.
•His presence had a calming influence.
see also ↑traffic calming
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via one of the Romance languages from Greek kauma ‘heat (of the day)’.

Thesaurus:
calm verb T
•Have a drink to calm your nerves.
soothe • • calm sb down • • pacify • • placate • |formal, usually disapproving appease •
Opp: agitate
calm/soothe/calm down/pacify/placate/appease sb with sth
calm/soothe your nerves

Example Bank:
•Have some brandy; it'll calm your nerves.

noun countable, uncountable
1. a quiet and peaceful time or situation
•the calm of a summer evening
• The police appealed for calm.
2. a quiet and relaxed manner
• Her previous calm gave way to terror.
•Alex spoke with studied calm.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via one of the Romance languages from Greek kauma ‘heat (of the day)’.

Which Word?:
calm / calmness
The noun calm is usually used to talk about a peaceful time or situation: ▪ There was a short period of uneasy calm after the riot. It can also be used to describe a person’s manner: ▪ She spoke with icy calm. Calmness is usually used to talk about a person: ▪ We admired his calmness under pressure.

Example Bank:
•‘I'm calling the police!’ he stated with deadly calm.
•After the bomb, an uneasy calm settled on the city.
•Calm had been restored to the capital.
•He struggled to maintain his calm as they waited.
•Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm.
•She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.
•The calm was shattered by the sound of an explosion.
•The government appealed for calm after the riots broke out.
•The water was a dead calm.
•Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.
•With a forced calm she said, ‘How do you know?’
•the pursuit of inner calm
•An uneasy calm descended on the streets.
•Many children regarded their school as an oasis of calm away from the war-torn streets.
•The elections took place in an atmospere of relative calm.
•The police appealed for calm.
•We sat together for a while in the calm of the evening.
•We took this to be the calm before the storm.