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Complete Definition of "compose"

English

Pronunciation
kəm-pōz', /kəmˈpəʊz/, /<tt>k@m"p@Uz</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-əʊz|-əʊz

Etymology
From OF. composer#French|composer.

Verb
en-verb|compos|ing

  1. transitive To make something by merging parts.

#: The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
#: Try to compose your thoughts.

  1. transitive To make up the whole; to constitute.

#: A church is composed of its members.
#: The members compose the church.

  1. transitive|nonstandard To comprise.
  2. transitive|or|intransitive To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

#: The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
#: Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
#: It's difficult to compose without absolute silence.

  1. reflexive To calm oneself down.

#: The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.

  1. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

Translations
trans-top|to make something by merging parts
Finnish: koota, koostaa
Greek: t|el|συνθέτω||trsynthéto|scGrek
trans-mid
Russian: составлять (sostavl'át') impf, составить (sostávit') pf; собирать (sobirát') impf, собрать (sostávit') pf
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trans-top|to make up the whole; to constitute
Finnish: muodostaa
Greek: t|el|συνθέτω||trsynthéto|scGrek
trans-mid
Russian: составлять (sostavl'át') impf, составить (sostávit') pf; состоять (sostoj'át') impf
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trans-top|to comprise
Finnish: käsittää, muodostaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to construct by mental labor; to think up
Finnish: luoda, säveltää (music)
Greek: t|el|συνθέτω||trsynthéto|scGrek
trans-mid
Russian: сочинять (sočinát') impf, сочинить (sočinít') pf; писать (pisát') impf, написать (napisát') pf
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trans-top|to calm oneself down
Finnish: rauhoittua
trans-mid
Russian: собираться (sobirát's'a) impf, собраться (sostávit's'a) pf
trans-bottom

trans-top|to arrange the elements of a picture
Finnish: sommitella
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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ttbc|Dutch: samenstellen
ttbc|French: composer
ttbc|German: zusammenstellen, bilden, komponieren
ttbc|Hebrew: לחבר (le'khaber) (4) (to create literary work); להלחין (le'halkhyn) (4) (to create musical work)
ttbc|Icelandic: semja
trans-mid
ttbc|Italian: comporre
ttbc|Japanese: 構成する
ttbc|Mandarin: 組成, 组成
ttbc|Portuguese: compôr
ttbc|Spanish: componer
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Derived terms
composer
composit
composition
composure
decompose

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.

Category:French verb forms

Italian

Verb form
compose

  1. third person singular past historic of comporre

Category:Italian verb forms

et:compose
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io:compose
ja:compose
fi:compose
ta:compose
te:compose
vi:compose
zh:compose

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