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| 1. | [ verb ] form the substance of | |
| Examples: | "Greed and ambition composed his personality |
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| Related terms: | constitute component | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (music) write music | |
| Synonyms: | write | |
| Examples: | "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
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| Related terms: | make arrange score set_to_music melodize instrument harmonize counterpoint music composer composing | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (writing) produce a literary work | |
| Synonyms: | write pen indite | |
| Examples: | "She composed a poem" "He wrote four novels" |
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| Related terms: | create_verbally write_on draft adapt reference write_out write_off dramatize draw author profile lyric script dash_off write_copy annotate paragraph versify paragraph write_out publish writing pen spell | |
| 4. | [ verb ] put together out of existing material | |
| Synonyms: | compile | |
| Examples: | "compile a list" |
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| Related terms: | make catalogue cobble_together anthologize compilation compilation compositor | |
| 5. | [ verb ] calm (someone, esp. oneself); make quiet | |
| Examples: | "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" |
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| Related terms: | calm composure | |
| 6. | [ verb ] draw up the plans or basic details for | |
| Synonyms: | frame draw_up outline | |
| Examples: | "frame a policy" |
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| Related terms: | plan framer | |
| Similar spelling: |
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