compose
Collocations
1(verb.)
ADV
specially
The film's soundtrack was specially composed by a famous orchestra for this movie.
Definitions
verb
To make something by merging parts.
The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
To make up the whole; to constitute.
A church is composed of its members.
A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions.
To comprise.
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.
To calm; to free from agitation.
Try to compose your thoughts.
The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.
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6The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
WiktionaryDecember 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
WiktionaryA church is composed of its members.
WiktionaryOne can no more write good English than one can compose good music, merely by keeping the rules.
Tatoeba · #40863It's easy for that man to compose a good poem.
Tatoeba · #68144A state is made up of individuals who compose it.
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