compose

Verb

Verb Forms: composed, composing, composes

• To form or make up; to create music or writing.
• form the substance of
  • "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
• write music
  • "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
• produce a literary work
  • "She composed a poem"
• put together out of existing material
• calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
  • "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
• make up plans or basic details for
• 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.
• 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.

Examples

• A church is composed of its members.
• A true Words With Friends master can compose a high-scoring word from any rack.
• It's difficult to compose without absolute silence.
• Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
• The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.
• The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
• The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
• Try to compose your thoughts.

Synonyms

compile, draw up, frame, indite, pen, write, compose, compound, comprise, constitute, form, make up, represent, upmake

Related Words

composition