Compose

Word COMPOSE
Character 7
Hyphenation com pose
Pronunciations /kəmˈpəʊz/

Definitions and meanings of "Compose"

What do we mean by compose?

To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form. intransitive verb

To make or create by putting together parts or elements. intransitive verb

To create or produce (a literary or musical piece). intransitive verb

To make (oneself) calm or tranquil. intransitive verb

To settle or adjust; reconcile. intransitive verb

To arrange aesthetically or artistically. intransitive verb

To arrange or set (type or matter to be printed). intransitive verb

To create a literary or musical piece. intransitive verb

To set type. intransitive verb

To make or form by uniting two or more things; put together the parts of; form by framing, fashioning, or arranging.

In relation to literary authorship: as, to compose a sermon or a sonnet.

In relation to musical authorship: as, to compose a sonata.

In relation to artistic skill: as, to compose (arrange the leading features of) a picture, statue, group, etc.

In printing: To put into type; set the types for: as, to compose a page or a pamphlet.

To arrange in the composing-stick: set: as, to compose a thousand ems.

To form by being combined or united; be the substance, constituents, or elements of; constitute; make up: as, levies of raw soldiers compose his army; the wall is composed of bricks and mortar; water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

To bring into a composed state; calm; quiet; appease.

To settle; adjust; reconcile; bring into a proper state or condition: as, to compose differences.

To place or arrange in proper form; put into a settled state; arrange.

To dispose; put into a proper mood or temper for any purpose.

To make something by merging parts.

To make up the whole; to constitute.

To comprise.

To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

(sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.

To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Compose

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The word "compose" in example sentences

Richter later spent some time in America, where, among other things, he collaborated with Jean Cocteau on the late surrealist romp 8x8: A Chess Sonata (portions of which are also online — check out this sequence featuring Paul Bowles awakening to compose from a slowly draining swimming pool.) posted by Matthew @ 10: 00 AM ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2007)

But now the reality they do compose is not in some world over against the author but in the author's own articulated processes of sensation. ❋ Unknown (2003)

When the paroxysms had passed I would again compose a few bars until the pain overwhelmed me again. ❋ Unknown (1932)

I like to work in bursts, when stuff “comes” to me because I’m lazy and making my brain focus and compose is annoying if I’m not in the mood. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All this information is also available in compose mode as well, so you know exactly who you’re sending it to. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To comprise is to take in, embrace; to compose is to make up. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There is, between our body and other bodies, an arrangement like that of the pieces of glass that compose a kaleidoscopic picture. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

With these men, to compose is to hesitate; and to revise is to be mortified by fresh doubts and unsupplied omissions. ❋ Isaac Disraeli (1807)

Third, tell MEF to actually go and compose, that is satisfy all imports. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is true that there is not much to be got by this, but still there is something, and it would be the means of gaining more honor and reputation than by giving a hundred concerts in Germany, and I am far happier when I have something to compose, which is my chief delight and passion; and if I get a situation anywhere, or have hopes of one, the scrittura would be a great recommendation to me, and excite a sensation, and cause me to be more thought of. ❋ Mozart, Wolfgang A (1864)

That pane is the "compose" pane of gmail, but now it shares the space. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Visitors are invited to "compose" on it -- with musical notes or any other kind of mark they want -- and professional musicians then come in to play the bizarre scores that result. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By getting cooperating witnesses to "compose" damning testimony that indicates defendants operated stealthily and hence with guilty intent, the feds push defendants to plead guilty rather than proceed to trial. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Does he "compose" in his mind, reading multiple literary sources and combining them in his imagination, and then write? ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)

A man who has to "compose" himself before hitting a woman...but didn't? ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

The secret is to select the html tab for the window, not the "compose" tab. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

I've noticed that lately, like the last two weeks, Safari does display a "compose" tab with those added features. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

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