- a quiet and peaceful time or situation
- The police appealed for calm.
- Community leaders have called for calm.
- The bombings ended a period of relative calm.
- Many children regarded their school as an oasis of calm away from the war-torn streets.
- Calm had been restored to the capital.
- calm of something the calm of a summer evening
Extra Examples- After the bombing, an uneasy calm settled on the city.
- The calm was shattered by the sound of an explosion.
- The government appealed for calm after the riots broke out.
- An uneasy calm descended on the streets.
- The elections took place in an atmosphere of relative calm.
- We sat together for a while in the calm of the evening.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- apparent
- inner
- uneasy
- …
- appeal for
- call for
- restore
- …
- descend
- settle
- a period of calm
- a time when there is no wind
- They landed in a flat calm.
- a quiet and relaxed manner
- Her previous calm gave way to terror.
- Alex spoke with studied calm.
Extra Examples- ‘I'm calling the police!’ he stated with deadly calm.
- He struggled to maintain his calm as they waited.
- She felt not fear, but a kind of dead calm.
- Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.
- With a forced calm she said, ‘How do you know?’
- the pursuit of inner calm
Which Word? calm / calmnesscalm / 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.
- She spoke with icy calm.
- We admired his calmness under pressure.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- apparent
- inner
- uneasy
- …
- appeal for
- call for
- restore
- …
- descend
- settle
- a period of calm
Word Originlate Middle English: via one of the Romance languages from Greek kauma ‘heat (of the day)’.
Idioms
See calm in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe calm before the storm
- a calm time immediately before an expected period of violent activity or argument
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