compose

compose

create or put together; constitute; to calm one’s mind or body: After the accident, it took me a long time to compose myself.

Not to be confused with:

comprise – to include all; contain: Fifty states comprise the Union.

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com·pose

 (kəm-pōz′)

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 compōnere; see component.]

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compose

(kəmˈpəʊz)

vb (mainly tr)

1. to put together or make up by combining; put in proper order

2. to be the component elements of

3. (Music, other) to produce or create (a musical or literary work)

4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to produce or create (a musical or literary work)

5. (Music, other) (intr) to write music

6. to calm (someone, esp oneself); make quiet

7. to adjust or settle (a quarrel, etc)

8. (Art Terms) to order the elements of (a painting, sculpture, etc); design

9. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing to set up (type)

[C15: from Old French composer, from Latin compōnere to put in place; see component]

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com•pose

(kəmˈpoʊz)

v. -posed, -pos•ing. v.t.

1. to be or constitute the parts, elements, or materials of; make up; form the basis of: a sauce composed of many ingredients.

2. to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: to compose a speech from research notes.

3. to create (a musical, literary, or choreographic work).

4. to put or dispose in proper form or order.

5. to arrange the elements of, esp. in an aesthetic manner.

6. to end or settle (a quarrel, dispute, etc.): The union and management composed their differences.

7. to bring (oneself, one's mind, etc.) to a condition of calmness, repose, etc.; calm; settle.

8.

a. to set (type).

b. to set type for (an article, book, etc.).

v.i.

9. to engage in composition, esp. musical composition.

10. to enter into composition; fall into an arrangement.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French composer]

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compose

Past participle: composed
Gerund: composing

Imperative

compose

compose

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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 They agreed to form a council composed of leaders of the rival factions.
put together destroy, dismantle, demolish, obliterate, bulldoze, raze

2. create, write, produce, imagine, frame, invent, devise, contrive He started at once to compose a reply to her letter.

3. arrange, make up, construct, put together, order, organize The drawing is beautifully composed.

compose yourself calm, still, control, settle, collect, quiet, soothe, pull yourself together She quickly composed herself before she entered the room.

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compose

verb

1. To be the constituent parts of:

constitute, form, make (up).

2. To create by combining parts or elements:

build, configure, form, pattern, shape, structure.

3. To form by artistic effort:

create, indite, produce, write.

4. To bring one's emotions under control:

collect, contain, control, cool, simmer down.

Idiom: cool it.

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Translations

يُؤلِّفيُكَوِّنيَهْدَأ

sepsatskládatsložituklidnit

fatte sigforfattekomponeresammensætte

komponierenzusammensetzenzusammenstellenabfassenberuhigen

συνθέτωσυντάσσω

calmarsecomponerserenarse

koostamaloomamoodustamarahunemasisaldama

käsittääkoostaakootamuodostaarauhoittua

composerécrirejoindreassemblercalmer

lecsillapodikzenét szerez

róa sig, stilla sigsemjasetja saman

comporrecompositocompositorecomposizionemateria artificiale

komponuotikompozicijakompozitoriuskūrinyskūryba

komponētnomierinātnomierinātiessacerētsastādīt

bedarenomvattensamenstellenvormen

danneforfattekomponere

слагать

skladať

skladati

bestelemekoluşturmaktoparlamakyazmak

使安定创作组成

compose

[kəmˈpəʊz] VT

1. [+ music] → componer; [+ poetry, letter] → escribir
to be composed of → constar de, componerse de

2. to compose o.s → calmarse, serenarse

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compose

[kəmˈpəʊz] vt

[+ music, symphony, song] → composer

[+ letter] → rédiger

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

(= constitute) to be composed of → se composer de

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

compose

vt

music → komponieren; letter → abfassen, aufsetzen; poem, e-mail → verfassen; “compose” (e-mail) → „neue Nachricht“

(= constitute, make up) → bilden; to be composed of → sich zusammensetzen aus; water is composed of … → Wasser besteht aus …

to compose oneself → sich sammeln; to compose one’s features → sich wieder in die Gewalt bekommen; to compose one’s thoughts → Ordnung in seine Gedanken bringen

(Typ) → setzen

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compose

[kəmˈpəʊz] vt

a. (music, poetry) → comporre; (letter) → mettere insieme
to be composed of → essere composto/a di

b. (calm, thoughts) → riordinare
to compose o.s. → ricomporsi

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compose

(kəmˈpəuz) verb

1. to form by putting parts together. A word is composed of several letters. opstel, saamstel, uitmaak; rangskik; besleg, skik; set van drukwerk يُكَوِّن съставям compor složit zusammensetzen sammensætte συνθέτωcomponer koostama ترکیب کردن muodostua composer לְהַרכִּיב बनाना sastaviti alkot; (szenvedőben:) áll vmiből membentuk setja saman comporre 構成する 구성하다 sudaryti sastādīt membentuk samenstellendanne; bestå avskładać تركيبول، تخليقول، برابرول سمول، تر تيبول: چوپول، غلي كول compor a compune составлять zložiť sestaviti sastaviti bilda, bestå av ประกอบด้วย oluşturmak 組成 складати ترکیب بنانا tạo thành 组成

2. to write (eg music, poetry etc). Mozart began to compose when he was six years old. komponeer, toonset يُؤلِّف композирам compor skládat, sepsat dichten, komponieren komponere; forfatte συνθέτω μουσική componer komponeerima, looma ساختن säveltää, kirjoittaa composer לְחַבֵּר, לְהַלחִין रचना करना skladati (zenét) szerez mengarang semja comporre 作曲 [] する 작곡하다 kurti, komponuoti komponēt; sacerēt menggubah componerenutarbeide, komponere, forfattekomponować جور compor a com­pune сочинять skladať skladati komponovati komponera แต่ง (เพลง, กลอน) yazmak, bestelemek 創作 писати музику موسیقی وغیرہ کا تحریر کرنا soạn 创作

3. to control (oneself) after being upset. kalmeer; skik يَهْدَأ съвземам се compor-se uklidnit sich fassen tage sig sammen; fatte sig ηρεμώcalmarse, serenarse (end) koguma آرام کردن hillitä se calmer לְהִתעַשֵת धैर्य धारण करना staložiti, umiriti lecsillapodik menenangkan diri róa sig, stilla sig calmarsi 気を落ちつかせる (마음을) 가라앉히다 nusiraminti, susitvardyti nomierināt; nomierināties mengawal kalmerenroe seg neduspokoić się غلى، ارام، نه خوځېدونكى، بې حركته، ژرنه پارېدونكى، حياناك دروند، ملايم، نرم، منزوى، جلا conter-se a se calma успокоиться upokojiť (sa) umiriti se pribrati se lugna (sansa, samla) sig ควบคุม toparlamak 使平靜 заспокоювати قابو کرنا trấn tĩnh 使安定

comˈposed adjective

(of people) quiet and calm. She looked quite composed. bedaard, kalm, rustig, besadig هادئ، رابِط الجَأش сдържан composto klidný, vyrovnaný gelassen fattet; rolig ήρεμος, ήσυχοςsereno, tranquilo rahulik آرام؛ خوددار hillitty calmeשלו, שליו शान्त miran, smiren, pribran, priseban higgadt tenang stilltur, rólegur calmo 落ち着いた 차분한 ramus, santūrus mierīgs; savaldīgs; nosvērts tenang kalmrolig og fattetopanowany آرام sereno calm, stă­pânit спокойный pokojný miren pribran lugn, samlad สงบ sakin 泰然自若的 спокійний, стриманий خاموش، مطمئن ، پر سکون trấn tĩnh 镇静自若的

comˈposer noun

a writer, especially of a piece of music. samesteller; lettersetter; komponis, toondigter, toonsetter مُؤَلِّف موسيقي композитор compositor skladatel, spisovatel der Komponist, der Dichter komponist συνθέτηςcompositor helilooja آهنگساز säveltäjä, kirjoittaja compositeur/-trice מלחין रचयिता skladatelj zeneszerző komponis tónskáld compositore 作曲家 작곡가 kompozitorius komponists penggubah lagu componistkomponist, forfatterkompozytor آهنگ جورونکی compositor compozitor композитор skladateľ, -ka skladatelj kompozitor kompositör, tonsättare นักแต่งเพลง besteci, bestekâr 作曲者 композитор نغمہ گر người soạn 作曲者

composition (kompəˈziʃən) noun

1. something composed, eg music. his latest composition. komposisie, toonsetting; samestelling; konstruksie; opstel; steloefening, stelwerk, stylleer; konstruksie; aard, geaardheid; sas; akkoord تَأليف композиция composição skladba die Komposition komposition σύνθεσηcomposición (heli)teos ترکیب؛ آهنگ teos compositionיצירה संयोजन sastav kompozíció gubahan (tón)verk composizione 作曲 작곡 kūrinys, kompozicija kompozīcija gubahan compositiekomposisjon, verkkompozycja سندړه composição compoziţie произведение skladba skladba kompozicija komposition บทประพันธ์ beste (音樂等)作品 композиція; літературний (музичний) твір ترتیب کی ہوئی شے tác phẩm （音乐等）作品

2. the act of composing. the difficulties of composition. toonsetting; opstelling; konstrueer تَأليف، تَرْكيب съставяне composição skládání das Komponieren komponering σύνθεσηcomposición komponeerimine, loomine ساخت؛ تنظیم säveltäminen, kirjoittaminen composition חבור, חיבור रचना की क्रिया skladba zeneszerzés gubahan samning composizione 構成 작곡 kūryba sacerēšana penggubahan het componeren komponering, utarbeidelsetworzenie تنظیم composição compunere сочинение komponovanie skladanje, kompozicija komponovanje komponerande, författande การจัดวางองค์ประกอบ beste yapma, besteleme 寫作 складання; утворення ترتیب کرنے کا عمل sự sáng tác 写作

3. an essay written as a school exercise. The children had to write a composition about their holiday. opstel, stelwerk إنْشاء съчинение composição kompozice der Aufsatz stil έκθεση ιδεών redacción kirjand انشا aine rédaction חבור, חיבור स्कूल में अभ्यास के लिए लिखा गया लेख pismeni sastav (iskolai) fogalmazás karangan ritgerð composizione 作文 작문 rašinys sacerējums karangan opstelstilwypracowanie املا composição compunere сочинение kompozícia spis sastav uppsats เรียงความ หรือเรื่องเรื่องราวที่ประกอบขึ้น kompozisyon 作文 твір مضمون ، انشاء bài tiểu luận 作文

4. the parts of which a thing is made. Have you studied the composition of the chemical? samestelling; aard تَرْكيب، تَكْوين състав composição složení die Zusammensetzung opbygning; sammensætning σύστασηcomposición koostis اجزای تشکیل دهنده rakenne compositionהרכב संयोजन sastavina, mješavina, smjesa összetétel komposisi samsetning composizione 成分 구성물 sudėtis sastāvs komposisi samenstellingsammensetningskład تركيبات composição structură состав zloženie sestava sastav sammansättning, förening ส่วนประกอบ bileşim 組成 сполука اجزائے ترکیبی thành phần 组成

comˈposure (-ʒə) noun

calmness. I admired her composure. bedaardheid, kalmte, rustigheid هُدوء، رباطَة جَأْش хладнокръвие compostura klid die Gelassenheit ligevægt; fatning αταραξίαcalma, compostura meelerahu خوشتن داری؛ آرامی rauhallisuus calme שלוה, שלווה धैर्य, आत्मसंयम mir, spokojnost, smirenost higgadtság ketenangan stilling, sjálfsstjórn calma, compostezza 沈着 차분함 ramumas, santūrumas nosvērtība; savaldība ketenangan kalmtefatning, ro opanowanie, spokój چيتيا، پټ خولتوب، غلي توب compostura calm спокойствие pokoj zbranost pribranost fattning, [sinnes]lugn ความสงบของจิตใจ sakinlik, soğukkanlılık 沉著，鎮靜 холоднокровність, самовладання اطمینان ، دلجمعی sự điềm tĩnh 沉著，镇静

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