compose
/kəmˈpəʊz/
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work; To make something by merging parts
- he/she/it
- composes
- past participle
- composed
Meanings
- 1
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work
Tom tried to compose himself.
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Mary tried to compose herself.
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- 2
To make something by merging parts
- 3
To make up the whole; to constitute
- 4
To comprise
- 5
To calm; to free from agitation
- 6
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picturerare
- 7
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlementrare
- 8
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or conditionrare
- 9
To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typesetrare