Compose

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English

Verb

Compose (third-person singular simple present Composes, present participle composing, simple past and past participle composed)

  1. (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
  2. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  3. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
  4. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
  5. (reflexive) To calm oneself down.
  6. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

Adverbs for Compose

nominally; identically; wholly; partly; artistically; largely; simultaneously; incessantly; luckily; prolifically; abundantly; charmingly; picturesquely; didactically; pretentiously; ludicrously; vilely; monstrously; allegorically; monumentally; orchestrally; historically; fantastically; chorally; crudely; elaborately; vitally; gravely; dramatically; humorously; gracefully; creatively; realistically.

Thesaurus

accommodate, accommodate with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, admix, agree with, align, allay, allocate, allot, alloy, amalgamate, appease, apportion, arrange, arrange matters, array, assemble, assimilate to, author, balm, be guided by, becalm, bemingle, bend, blend, bottle up, brew, bring to terms, bring together, build, build up, calm, calm down, cast, check, chime in with, close, close with, coalesce, coauthor, collaborate, collect, collocate, combine, comfort, commingle, commix, comply, comply with, compose oneself, compound, comprise, compromise, conclude, concoct, conform, conglomerate, consist in, consist of, console, constitute, construct, contain, contrive, control, cool, cop out, correct, correspond, cradle, create, dash off, deal, deal out, decoct, devise, discipline, dispose, distribute, down, dream up, duck responsibility, dulcify, ease, ease up, editorialize, elaborate, embody, emulsify, enter into, erect, evade responsibility, even out, evolve, extrude, fabricate, fall in with, fashion, fit, fix, fix up, follow, form, formulate, frame, free-lance, fudge together, fuse, gear to, gentle, get up, ghost, ghostwrite, give and take, give way, go by, go fifty-fifty, go into, harmonize, hash, heal the breach, hold in, homogenize, hush, imagine, immingle, immix, impose, incorporate, indite, instrument, instrumentate, integrate, interblend, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, invent, join, jumble, justify, knead, knock off, knock out, lessen, let up, line, line up, lull, make, make a deal, make an adaptation, make an adjustment, make concessions, make conform, make one easy, make up, manufacture, marshal, mature, mediate, meet, meet halfway, melodize, merge, merge in, mingle, mingle-mangle, mitigate, mix, mix up, moderate, modulate, mold, mollify, musicalize, novelize, observe, orchestrate, organize, originate, overrun, pacify, pamphleteer, parcel out, patch things up, patch together, pi, pi a form, piece together, place, play politics, pocket, pour balm into, prefabricate, prepare, produce, put in tune, put to music, put together, put up, quell, quiet, quiet down, raise, rally, range, reach a compromise, rear, reconcile, rectify, regiment, rein, relax, repress, resolve, rest, restore harmony, restrain, reunite, rock, rock to sleep, rub off corners, run up, scenarize, score, scramble, set, set in print, set out, set to music, set up, settle, settle differences, settle with, shape, shuffle, simmer down, slacken, smooth, smooth down, smooth it over, smooth over, smoothen, smother, soften, solace, soothe, space, split the difference, stabilize, steady, still, stir up, straighten, straighten out, strike a balance, strike a bargain, structure, subdue, suit, suppress, surrender, syncretize, synthesize, take the mean, tally with, temper, think up, throw on paper, throw together, toss together, tranquilize, transcribe, transpose, tune down, unite in, weave peace between, whomp up, work, work out, write, yield

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”) < Latin componere (“to put together, compose”) < com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”)

Derived terms

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Translations

to make something by merging parts
to make up the whole; to constitute
to comprise
to construct by mental labor; to think up
to calm oneself down
to arrange the elements of a picture
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French

Verb

compose

  1. First-person singular indicative present form of composer.
  2. Third-person singular indicative present form of composer.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present form of composer.
  4. First-person singular subjunctive present form of composer.
  5. Third-person singular subjunctive present form of composer.

Italian

Verb form

compose

  1. third-person singular past historic of comporre
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