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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | indite, pen, write |
| Type of | create verbally |
| Has types | write up, adopt, annotate, author, cite, dash off, draft, dramatise, dramatize, draw, fling off, footnote, knock off, lyric, outline, paragraph, poetise, poetize, profile, reference, rewrite, scratch off, script, toss off, verse, versify, write about, write copy, write of, write off, write on, write out |
| Derivation | composition |
She composed a poem.
compose::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | compile |
| Type of | make |
| Has types | anthologize, cobble together, catalogue, cobble up, catalog, anthologise |
| Derivation | compositor |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | write |
| Type of | create, make |
| Has types | instrumentate, arrange, score, instrument, harmonize, melodise, melodize, set, set to music, harmonise, counterpoint |
| Derivation | composer, composing, composition |
Beethoven composed nine symphonies.
compose::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | quieten, tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, calm, calm down, tranquilize, still, quiet |
| Derivation | composure |
She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | comprise, make up, be, constitute, represent |
| Derivation | component |
Greed and ambition composed his personality.
Examples of compose
compose
Once again yesterday, Watson had to compose himself when asked about his father.
From the sacbee.com
Compose and dictate emails, ask questions about the weather, stocks, set timers.
From the guardian.co.uk
Clara Schumann nee Wiecke had both the desire and ability to compose fine music.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
People can nosh on a plate or two or compose an all-out feast of several dishes.
From the sltrib.com
The grid in the viewfinder lets him compose images with matching parallel lines.
From the nytimes.com
Woolley said the ensemble would compose its own music as well as playing covers.
From the independent.co.uk
But he did take pen in hand and compose a letter to his father back in Virginia.
From the kentucky.com
To compose and copy edit articles with multitudes of other people is never easy.
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Vidyasagar wanted to then compose his own tunes and have someone else play them.
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- Form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
- Write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
- Write: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
- Put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
- Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
- Frame: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
- (composed) serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"
- (composing) composition: the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
- In mathematics, function composition is the application of one function to the results of another. For instance, the functions and can be composed by computing the output of g when it has an argument of f(x) instead of x. ...
