calm
How to Use Calm
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishPeaceful and free of stress, disturbance, or strong wind — as a feeling, a state, or something you actively do to settle down.
Word Forms
calmer comparative, more calm comparative, calmed past tense, calms plural, calms singular, calmest superlative, most calm superlative
Fill the Gap
Can you complete this real example?
She stayed _____ even as the deadline approached.
Etymology
From Middle French calme, probably ultimately from Greek kauma ("the heat of the midday sun"), a time when work — and the wind — traditionally stopped.