compose

com·pose  (km-pz)

v. com·posed, com·pos·ing, com·pos·es

v.tr.

1. To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form: an exhibit composed of French paintings; the many ethnic groups that compose our nation. See Usage Note at comprise.

2. To make or create by putting together parts or elements.

3. To create or produce (a literary or musical piece).

4. To make (oneself) calm or tranquil: Compose yourself and deal with the problems logically.

5. To settle or adjust; reconcile: They managed to compose their differences.

6. To arrange aesthetically or artistically.

7. Printing To arrange or set (type or matter to be printed).

v.intr.

1. To create a literary or musical piece.

2. Printing To set type.

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[Middle English composen, from Old French composer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin compnere; see component.]

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compose

Verb

[-posing, -posed]

1. to put together or make up

2. to be the component elements of

3. to create (a musical or literary work)

4. to calm (oneself)

5. to arrange artistically

6. Printing to set up (type) [Latin componere to put in place]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	compose - form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
	2.	compose - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" write music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" counterpoint - write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing" set to music - write (music) for (a text) arrange, set - adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" score - write a musical score for melodise, melodize - supply a melody for harmonise, harmonize - write a harmony for instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for
	3.	compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" indite, pen, write authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office" create verbally - create with or from words lyric - write lyrics for (a song) write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher paragraph - write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper" write off - write something fluently, and without hesitation dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
	4.	compose - put together out of existing material; "compile a list" compile cobble together, cobble up - put together hastily anthologise, anthologize - compile an anthology catalog, catalogue - make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; "She spends her weekends cataloguing" make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
	5.	compose - calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
	6.	compose - make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" draw up, frame plan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

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compose

verb 1. put together, make up, constitute, comprise, make, build, form, fashion, construct, compound << OPPOSITE destroy

verb 2. create, write, produce, imagine, frame, invent, devise, contrive

3. arrange, make up, construct, put together, order, organize

compose yourself calm yourself, be still, control yourself, settle yourself, collect yourself, pull yourself together

Translations

compose [kəmˈpəuz] vt → componer;

to be composed of → componerse de, constar de;

to compose o.s. → tranquilizarse

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compose [kəmˈpəuz] vt → composer (= form);

to be composed of → se composer de;

to compose o.s. → se calmer, se maîtriser;

to compose one's features → prendre une contenance

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compose [kəmˈpəuz] vt (music) → komponieren;

(poem) → verfassen;

(letter) → abfassen;

to be composed of → bestehen aus;

to compose o.s. → sich sammeln

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compose [kəmˈpəuz] vt → comporre;

to compose o.s. → ricomporsi;

composed of → composto/a di