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Definition of Compose
1. Verb. Form the substance of. "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
2. Verb. Write music. "Did he compose his major works over a short period of time?"; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
Category relationships: Music
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Specialized synonyms: Counterpoint, Set To Music, Arrange, Set, Score, Melodise, Melodize, Harmonise, Harmonize, Instrument, Instrumentate
Derivative terms: Composer, Composing, Composition, Composition
3. Verb. Produce a literary work. "Sam and Sue compose the movie "; "He wrote four novels"
Category relationships: Authorship, Composition, Penning, Writing
Specialized synonyms: Draw, Lyric, Write About, Write Of, Write On, Profile, Paragraph, Paragraph, Write Off, Dash Off, Fling Off, Knock Off, Scratch Off, Toss Off, Rewrite, Write Copy, Adopt, Dramatise, Dramatize, Draft, Outline, Poetise, Poetize, Verse, Versify, Author, Annotate, Footnote, Cite, Reference, Write Out, Write Up, Script
Generic synonyms: Create Verbally
Entails: Spell, Write
Related verbs: Publish, Write
Derivative terms: Composition, Pen, Penning, Writer, Writing
Also: Write Out
4. Verb. Put together out of existing material. "Compile a list"
Specialized synonyms: Cobble Together, Cobble Up, Anthologise, Anthologize, Catalog, Catalogue
Generic synonyms: Make
Derivative terms: Compilation, Compilation, Compiler, Compiling, Compositor
5. Verb. Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet. "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
Derivative terms: Composure
6. Verb. Make up plans or basic details for. "Frame a policy"
Definition of Compose
1. v. t. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
2. v. i. To come to terms.
Definition of Compose
1. Verb. (transitive) To make something by merging parts. (defdate from later 15th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive nonstandard) To comprise. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. ¹
5. Verb. (reflexive) To calm oneself down. ¹
6. Verb. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture. ¹
7. Verb. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compose
1. to form the substance of [v -POSED, -POSING, -POSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compose
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