Definition of compose in English:

compose

verb kəmˈpəʊzkəmˈpoʊz

[with object]

1Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)
he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier
Example sentencesExamples
- He also composes music to suit the lead characters of a particular film.
- Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story.
- The specially composed three-minute piece of music will be performed at Manchester Cathedral on Friday June 11.
- Brahms had all but given up before tonight's works were composed, having written his will in 1891 and gone into a self-imposed retirement.
- Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century?
- I also started doing more composing using a piano instead of a computer to write.
- He also composed music, wrote poetry, had at least two books published and was a very accomplished artist.
- Although he never had any musical training, Noel started composing for the piano shortly after leaving high school.
- Sung's music embraces the past but could only have been composed in the 21st century!
- After his initial input the children went on to compose their own poems.
- I composed what I knew would quickly become Noel's theme.
- When he composes his first opera, it is sure to attract attention.
- In the 1770s he began composing symphonies, concertos, operas and theater music.
- Next is a video journal of Crowe's preparations for the role, set to music largely composed by him.
- Ballads have been penned, poems have been composed and ditties have been compiled.
- And that is what led them to compose songs on the World Cup theme.
- So both pieces are composed for a weird ensemble, with unconventional weightings of timbre and register.
- I almost always compose using material originally produced through improvisation.
- She's one of those students preparing for National Science Week with some specially composed songs.
- I am madly in love with composing for orchestra and hope to die writing an orchestral piece!
Synonyms
write, create, devise, make up, think up, frame, formulate, fashion, produce, originate, invent, contrive, concoct
pen, author, draft
literary rhyme, sing, verse
archaic indite
1. 1.1 Phrase (a letter or piece of writing) with great care and thought.
  the first sentence is so hard to compose
  Example sentencesExamples
  She has already raised £6,500 for the home by composing an appeal letter seeking donations for the hospice at Oxenhope.
  I awoke this morning with a need to compose the letter I've attached below.
  After the meeting they composed a letter to roundly voice their opposition to the prospect of the club, which they all represented with such distinction, folding at the end of this season if a suitable buyer cannot be found.
  The letter was composed on common cream-laid paper.
  Which is ironic because I've just spent the last hour composing a letter.
  The next one is about night rain, a poem in which the husband is composing a letter to his wife.
  He sat, chewing on the end of a pen, composing what looked to be a letter.
  As he composed his letter, four of his friends were listening to the radio while gluing together model airplanes.
  For some, communication may be easier because they can compose what they are going to say.
  None of them looked as if they were itching to hurry home and compose a letter of outrage to the Evening Press.
  She managed to keep pace with the small talk, but inside, she was already composing a letter to Bruno.
  Here are a few hints on composing these vital letters.
  Mark is still composing the letter to our last dentist.
  I'm composing a letter to her, but it might take me a little while to write.
  I've composed long letters to long lost friends.
  Reaching home, he composes his first letter to Jacobson in over twenty years.
  Your elderly letter writers who have a hard time composing a good letter are just out of luck unless they have an angel, eh?
  When Zhao realizes the actual letter is nothing but transparent excuses he composes a loving letter from the father of her dreams.
  I composed a terse letter in my head to Lonely Planet.
  There is a splendid tale of the latter, his pen dripping in irony and vitriol, composing a letter to the United board congratulating them on their ground improvements in the aftermath of his own promises to build a new stadium.
2. 1.2 Form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way.
  compose and draw a still life
  Example sentencesExamples
  They tend to organise and compose a subject then use the camera to record it.
  In the Composition video, importance is placed on how to compose a balanced still life, as well as how to find compositional elements in a landscape.
  The picture of flowers from three seasons, arranged in a terracotta vase, is admirably composed, with a trailing coherence of tendrils and twisting stalks.
  Panoramic and establishing shots are nicely composed but not drawn out unnecessarily.
  She uses decoration deliberately, as a contextual strategy and artistic choice to compose her pictorial space.
  Adobe Photoshop was used to compose bitmap figures and Corel Draw was used to compose line drawings.
  So the researchers believe that one artist painted Madonna and one canonized pair, while three other artists composed the remaining faces.
  Of these, a corresponding plan and façade together compose an experiment to reshape the streets and buildings to either side of the portico.
  Some photographs look as though they've been deliberately composed, with the figures and their expressions carefully arranged to convey a particular message.
  The Chinese artists rather compose the final design from several blocks.
  Taken together, these memory vignettes composed a portrait of an artist as a young entrepreneur.
  The painting is composed from places the artist knew well, but it is mainly a product of his imagination rather than being a painting of a particular scene.
  You have to arrange the items and compose the shot to make the subject the hero.
  Follow these basic rules for composing your design
  The jump from carefully composed illustration to crudely arranged website was quite jarring.
  To begin a painting, he lays out his notes, and composes an elaborate pencil drawing on fine sanded canvas, on which he incorporates his poems and related Scriptural texts.
  Phillips first composes his arrangements using design software, then executes them in oils on rectangular canvases and circular panels.
  He returned to classical principles of composing his designs with few figures and a pale, even-toned palette that focuses attention on the plastically conceived figures.
  Synonyms
  design, arrange, plan, organize, work out, frame, balance, order, map out, construct, put together, shape, form, concoct
2(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole, or a specified part of it)
the National Congress is composed of ten senators
Christians compose 40 per cent of the state's population
Example sentencesExamples
- In the case of gramicidin, this chain is composed entirely of water molecules and called a water wire.
- The tumor cells were mainly composed of elongated spindle cells arranged in fascicles.
- Let us assume that the leaf is composed of thin, serial layers.
- The driver's figure is composed of relatively few elements and, perched on a buckboard, seems diminutive in comparison to the neighboring group.
- In essence, what I found was that guerrilla warfare is composed of three elements.
- Art, in its many forms, is composed of several elements.
- Carbonate skins are composed primarily of carbonate, usually calcium carbonate, but the carbonate is sometimes combined with magnesium.
- Each ring is composed of seven identical subunits, which enclose a central cavity.
- Cytologically, the tumor cells were composed mainly of polygonal cells with epithelioid features.
- A large fraction of the eukaryotic DNA is composed of transposable elements that can cause mutations when they transpose to novel sites.
- They were composed almost entirely of slender spindle cells haphazardly proliferating around bundles of dermal collagen.
- A substantial fraction of vertebrate and invertebrate genomes is composed of mobile elements and their derivatives.
- Only 14% of the Arabidopsis genome is composed of transposable elements.
- They have a rough surface, and are essentially composed of concentric layers.
- Second, the sample is composed mainly of Caucasian individuals.
- Saturn's rings are composed primarily of water ice particles, and range in size from micrometers to meters.
- Such an army needs to be composed of three elements: garrison troops, mobile contingents, and a central rapid deployment force.
- The stroma of the tumor was composed of thin fibrous tissue.
- Mineral crystal is glass, which is composed of several elements that aid in resisting scratches (it is seven times harder than acrylic crystal).
- Nallatech reconfigurable computers are composed of three main elements.
Synonyms
make up, constitute, form, comprise
3Calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)
she tried to compose herself
Example sentencesExamples
- As often as possible, please compose yourselves in the equanimity of thought-free wakefulness.
- ‘Even without the meditation session, I had to take a few deep breaths to compose myself in the face of such a huge gathering’, he said.
- The Prince took a deep breath as he tried to compose himself before speaking in a tone all too calm.
- She did become upset at one stage and we stopped the interview to allow her to compose herself.
- He had recovered from his scare but the walking hadn't helped his struggle to compose himself.
- It is just you that is down and you have to find ways to pull yourself together, to compose yourself.
- He took several moments to compose himself, visibly struggling for control.
- Why not wait until all of the crew members have had a chance to get home and rested and compose themselves a bit?
- All three men retell their stories of disillusionment slowly and methodically, taking breaks to compose themselves.
- When I finally managed to compose myself long enough to tell Liz what had made me cry, she began crying, which of course got me started all over again.
- I wipe the tears from my eyes and struggle to compose myself.
- The judge gave the witness a break to compose himself before he continued and described how he jumped first and landed in the garden, skin coming off his blistering hand.
- Nearing the door, she stopped to compose herself, breathing deeply, and collecting her thoughts.
- Even as he watched, she wiped a tear from her cheek, and visibly struggled to compose herself.
- I took a few well needed seconds to compose myself, and I was thankfully returned to a calm and collected state, on the outside at least.
- She paused while the raging feelings ran through her body, making her shake even though she tried to compose herself.
- I lay my head on the pillow, relax, and compose myself for sleep.
- As I step forward to check in with the next guard, my grandmother retreats to the bathroom to compose herself.
- I sat in silence, trying to compose myself mentally and emotionally for what was sure to be an unnerving event.
- But he did manage to compose himself long enough to welcome everyone who had come to the opening and to thank his staff without whom his business would not be the success it is.
Synonyms
calm down, settle down, control oneself, regain/recover one's composure, pull oneself together, get control of oneself, collect oneself, steady oneself, keep one's head, simmer down
informal get a grip, keep one's cool, keep one's shirt on
North American informal decompress, stay loose
1. 3.1archaic Settle (a dispute)
  the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference
  Synonyms
  resolve, straighten out, sort out, clear up, settle, put right, set right, set to rights, find a solution to, solve, remedy, heal, cure, rectify
4Prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed.
in offices where close-set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed
Example sentencesExamples
- Once pages were composed, therefore, there was very little time for proof-correction before they had to be printed off and the types reused.
- He built an electronic printing system that would allow business customers to compose documents on an online template.

Usage

For an explanation of the differences between compose and comprise, see comprise

Origin

Late Middle English (in the general sense 'put together, construct'): from Old French composer, from Latin componere (see component), but influenced by Latin compositus 'composed' and Old French poser 'to place'.

Rhymes

appose, arose, Bose, brose, chose, close, diagnose, self-diagnose, doze, enclose, expose, foreclose, froze, hose, impose, interpose, juxtapose, Montrose, noes, nose, oppose, plainclothes, pose, propose, prose, rose, suppose, those, transpose, underexpose, uprose

Definition of compose in US English:

compose

verbkəmˈpōzkəmˈpoʊz

[with object]

1Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)
he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier
Example sentencesExamples
- I also started doing more composing using a piano instead of a computer to write.
- I composed what I knew would quickly become Noel's theme.
- And that is what led them to compose songs on the World Cup theme.
- So both pieces are composed for a weird ensemble, with unconventional weightings of timbre and register.
- She's one of those students preparing for National Science Week with some specially composed songs.
- Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story.
- He also composed music, wrote poetry, had at least two books published and was a very accomplished artist.
- He also composes music to suit the lead characters of a particular film.
- After his initial input the children went on to compose their own poems.
- Ballads have been penned, poems have been composed and ditties have been compiled.
- Sung's music embraces the past but could only have been composed in the 21st century!
- Brahms had all but given up before tonight's works were composed, having written his will in 1891 and gone into a self-imposed retirement.
- Next is a video journal of Crowe's preparations for the role, set to music largely composed by him.
- Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century?
- Although he never had any musical training, Noel started composing for the piano shortly after leaving high school.
- In the 1770s he began composing symphonies, concertos, operas and theater music.
- I am madly in love with composing for orchestra and hope to die writing an orchestral piece!
- I almost always compose using material originally produced through improvisation.
- The specially composed three-minute piece of music will be performed at Manchester Cathedral on Friday June 11.
- When he composes his first opera, it is sure to attract attention.
Synonyms
write, create, devise, make up, think up, frame, formulate, fashion, produce, originate, invent, contrive, concoct
1. 1.1 Write or phrase (a letter or piece of writing) with care and thought.
  the first sentence is so hard to compose
  Example sentencesExamples
  The letter was composed on common cream-laid paper.
  She has already raised £6,500 for the home by composing an appeal letter seeking donations for the hospice at Oxenhope.
  For some, communication may be easier because they can compose what they are going to say.
  As he composed his letter, four of his friends were listening to the radio while gluing together model airplanes.
  Here are a few hints on composing these vital letters.
  There is a splendid tale of the latter, his pen dripping in irony and vitriol, composing a letter to the United board congratulating them on their ground improvements in the aftermath of his own promises to build a new stadium.
  He sat, chewing on the end of a pen, composing what looked to be a letter.
  None of them looked as if they were itching to hurry home and compose a letter of outrage to the Evening Press.
  The next one is about night rain, a poem in which the husband is composing a letter to his wife.
  I'm composing a letter to her, but it might take me a little while to write.
  After the meeting they composed a letter to roundly voice their opposition to the prospect of the club, which they all represented with such distinction, folding at the end of this season if a suitable buyer cannot be found.
  I composed a terse letter in my head to Lonely Planet.
  She managed to keep pace with the small talk, but inside, she was already composing a letter to Bruno.
  Mark is still composing the letter to our last dentist.
  I've composed long letters to long lost friends.
  I awoke this morning with a need to compose the letter I've attached below.
  Reaching home, he composes his first letter to Jacobson in over twenty years.
  When Zhao realizes the actual letter is nothing but transparent excuses he composes a loving letter from the father of her dreams.
  Your elderly letter writers who have a hard time composing a good letter are just out of luck unless they have an angel, eh?
  Which is ironic because I've just spent the last hour composing a letter.
2. 1.2 Form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way.
  compose and draw a still life
  Example sentencesExamples
  Adobe Photoshop was used to compose bitmap figures and Corel Draw was used to compose line drawings.
  The painting is composed from places the artist knew well, but it is mainly a product of his imagination rather than being a painting of a particular scene.
  The Chinese artists rather compose the final design from several blocks.
  She uses decoration deliberately, as a contextual strategy and artistic choice to compose her pictorial space.
  Taken together, these memory vignettes composed a portrait of an artist as a young entrepreneur.
  You have to arrange the items and compose the shot to make the subject the hero.
  Of these, a corresponding plan and façade together compose an experiment to reshape the streets and buildings to either side of the portico.
  Follow these basic rules for composing your design
  Some photographs look as though they've been deliberately composed, with the figures and their expressions carefully arranged to convey a particular message.
  The picture of flowers from three seasons, arranged in a terracotta vase, is admirably composed, with a trailing coherence of tendrils and twisting stalks.
  They tend to organise and compose a subject then use the camera to record it.
  Panoramic and establishing shots are nicely composed but not drawn out unnecessarily.
  In the Composition video, importance is placed on how to compose a balanced still life, as well as how to find compositional elements in a landscape.
  So the researchers believe that one artist painted Madonna and one canonized pair, while three other artists composed the remaining faces.
  Phillips first composes his arrangements using design software, then executes them in oils on rectangular canvases and circular panels.
  He returned to classical principles of composing his designs with few figures and a pale, even-toned palette that focuses attention on the plastically conceived figures.
  To begin a painting, he lays out his notes, and composes an elaborate pencil drawing on fine sanded canvas, on which he incorporates his poems and related Scriptural texts.
  The jump from carefully composed illustration to crudely arranged website was quite jarring.
  Synonyms
  design, arrange, plan, organize, work out, frame, balance, order, map out, construct, put together, shape, form, concoct
3. 1.3 Order or arrange (parts) to form a whole, especially in an artistic way.
  make an attempt to compose your images
2(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole)
the system is composed of a group of machines
Example sentencesExamples
- They have a rough surface, and are essentially composed of concentric layers.
- Mineral crystal is glass, which is composed of several elements that aid in resisting scratches (it is seven times harder than acrylic crystal).
- Saturn's rings are composed primarily of water ice particles, and range in size from micrometers to meters.
- In essence, what I found was that guerrilla warfare is composed of three elements.
- Let us assume that the leaf is composed of thin, serial layers.
- Each ring is composed of seven identical subunits, which enclose a central cavity.
- Cytologically, the tumor cells were composed mainly of polygonal cells with epithelioid features.
- The driver's figure is composed of relatively few elements and, perched on a buckboard, seems diminutive in comparison to the neighboring group.
- In the case of gramicidin, this chain is composed entirely of water molecules and called a water wire.
- The stroma of the tumor was composed of thin fibrous tissue.
- Nallatech reconfigurable computers are composed of three main elements.
- Second, the sample is composed mainly of Caucasian individuals.
- A substantial fraction of vertebrate and invertebrate genomes is composed of mobile elements and their derivatives.
- Carbonate skins are composed primarily of carbonate, usually calcium carbonate, but the carbonate is sometimes combined with magnesium.
- Art, in its many forms, is composed of several elements.
- They were composed almost entirely of slender spindle cells haphazardly proliferating around bundles of dermal collagen.
- A large fraction of the eukaryotic DNA is composed of transposable elements that can cause mutations when they transpose to novel sites.
- The tumor cells were mainly composed of elongated spindle cells arranged in fascicles.
- Such an army needs to be composed of three elements: garrison troops, mobile contingents, and a central rapid deployment force.
- Only 14% of the Arabidopsis genome is composed of transposable elements.
Synonyms
make up, constitute, form, comprise
1. 2.1 Be (a specified number or amount) of a whole.
  women compose 49 percent of that group
3Calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)
she tried to compose herself
Example sentencesExamples
- The judge gave the witness a break to compose himself before he continued and described how he jumped first and landed in the garden, skin coming off his blistering hand.
- It is just you that is down and you have to find ways to pull yourself together, to compose yourself.
- She paused while the raging feelings ran through her body, making her shake even though she tried to compose herself.
- I took a few well needed seconds to compose myself, and I was thankfully returned to a calm and collected state, on the outside at least.
- I sat in silence, trying to compose myself mentally and emotionally for what was sure to be an unnerving event.
- ‘Even without the meditation session, I had to take a few deep breaths to compose myself in the face of such a huge gathering’, he said.
- But he did manage to compose himself long enough to welcome everyone who had come to the opening and to thank his staff without whom his business would not be the success it is.
- Why not wait until all of the crew members have had a chance to get home and rested and compose themselves a bit?
- She did become upset at one stage and we stopped the interview to allow her to compose herself.
- He had recovered from his scare but the walking hadn't helped his struggle to compose himself.
- The Prince took a deep breath as he tried to compose himself before speaking in a tone all too calm.
- When I finally managed to compose myself long enough to tell Liz what had made me cry, she began crying, which of course got me started all over again.
- As often as possible, please compose yourselves in the equanimity of thought-free wakefulness.
- Even as he watched, she wiped a tear from her cheek, and visibly struggled to compose herself.
- Nearing the door, she stopped to compose herself, breathing deeply, and collecting her thoughts.
- All three men retell their stories of disillusionment slowly and methodically, taking breaks to compose themselves.
- He took several moments to compose himself, visibly struggling for control.
- I wipe the tears from my eyes and struggle to compose myself.
- As I step forward to check in with the next guard, my grandmother retreats to the bathroom to compose herself.
- I lay my head on the pillow, relax, and compose myself for sleep.
Synonyms
calm down, settle down, control oneself, recover one's composure, regain one's composure, pull oneself together, get control of oneself, collect oneself, steady oneself, keep one's head, simmer down
1. 3.1archaic Settle (a dispute)
  the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference
  Synonyms
  resolve, straighten out, sort out, clear up, settle, put right, set right, set to rights, find a solution to, solve, remedy, heal, cure, rectify
4Prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed.
Example sentencesExamples
- He built an electronic printing system that would allow business customers to compose documents on an online template.
- Once pages were composed, therefore, there was very little time for proof-correction before they had to be printed off and the types reused.
1. 4.1 Set up (letters and characters) of a text in preparation for printing.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the general sense ‘put together, construct’): from Old French composer, from Latin componere (see component), but influenced by Latin compositus ‘composed’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.

单词	compose
释义	Definition of compose in English: compose verb kəmˈpəʊzkəmˈpoʊz [with object] 1Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry) he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier Example sentencesExamples He also composes music to suit the lead characters of a particular film. Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story. The specially composed three-minute piece of music will be performed at Manchester Cathedral on Friday June 11. Brahms had all but given up before tonight's works were composed, having written his will in 1891 and gone into a self-imposed retirement. Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century? I also started doing more composing using a piano instead of a computer to write. He also composed music, wrote poetry, had at least two books published and was a very accomplished artist. Although he never had any musical training, Noel started composing for the piano shortly after leaving high school. Sung's music embraces the past but could only have been composed in the 21st century! After his initial input the children went on to compose their own poems. I composed what I knew would quickly become Noel's theme. When he composes his first opera, it is sure to attract attention. In the 1770s he began composing symphonies, concertos, operas and theater music. Next is a video journal of Crowe's preparations for the role, set to music largely composed by him. Ballads have been penned, poems have been composed and ditties have been compiled. And that is what led them to compose songs on the World Cup theme. So both pieces are composed for a weird ensemble, with unconventional weightings of timbre and register. I almost always compose using material originally produced through improvisation. She's one of those students preparing for National Science Week with some specially composed songs. I am madly in love with composing for orchestra and hope to die writing an orchestral piece! Synonyms write, create, devise, make up, think up, frame, formulate, fashion, produce, originate, invent, contrive, concoct pen, author, draft literary rhyme, sing, verse archaic indite 1.1 Phrase (a letter or piece of writing) with great care and thought. the first sentence is so hard to compose Example sentencesExamples She has already raised £6,500 for the home by composing an appeal letter seeking donations for the hospice at Oxenhope. I awoke this morning with a need to compose the letter I've attached below. After the meeting they composed a letter to roundly voice their opposition to the prospect of the club, which they all represented with such distinction, folding at the end of this season if a suitable buyer cannot be found. The letter was composed on common cream-laid paper. Which is ironic because I've just spent the last hour composing a letter. The next one is about night rain, a poem in which the husband is composing a letter to his wife. He sat, chewing on the end of a pen, composing what looked to be a letter. As he composed his letter, four of his friends were listening to the radio while gluing together model airplanes. For some, communication may be easier because they can compose what they are going to say. None of them looked as if they were itching to hurry home and compose a letter of outrage to the Evening Press. She managed to keep pace with the small talk, but inside, she was already composing a letter to Bruno. Here are a few hints on composing these vital letters. Mark is still composing the letter to our last dentist. I'm composing a letter to her, but it might take me a little while to write. I've composed long letters to long lost friends. Reaching home, he composes his first letter to Jacobson in over twenty years. Your elderly letter writers who have a hard time composing a good letter are just out of luck unless they have an angel, eh? When Zhao realizes the actual letter is nothing but transparent excuses he composes a loving letter from the father of her dreams. I composed a terse letter in my head to Lonely Planet. There is a splendid tale of the latter, his pen dripping in irony and vitriol, composing a letter to the United board congratulating them on their ground improvements in the aftermath of his own promises to build a new stadium. 1.2 Form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way. compose and draw a still life Example sentencesExamples They tend to organise and compose a subject then use the camera to record it. In the Composition video, importance is placed on how to compose a balanced still life, as well as how to find compositional elements in a landscape. The picture of flowers from three seasons, arranged in a terracotta vase, is admirably composed, with a trailing coherence of tendrils and twisting stalks. Panoramic and establishing shots are nicely composed but not drawn out unnecessarily. She uses decoration deliberately, as a contextual strategy and artistic choice to compose her pictorial space. Adobe Photoshop was used to compose bitmap figures and Corel Draw was used to compose line drawings. So the researchers believe that one artist painted Madonna and one canonized pair, while three other artists composed the remaining faces. Of these, a corresponding plan and façade together compose an experiment to reshape the streets and buildings to either side of the portico. Some photographs look as though they've been deliberately composed, with the figures and their expressions carefully arranged to convey a particular message. The Chinese artists rather compose the final design from several blocks. Taken together, these memory vignettes composed a portrait of an artist as a young entrepreneur. The painting is composed from places the artist knew well, but it is mainly a product of his imagination rather than being a painting of a particular scene. You have to arrange the items and compose the shot to make the subject the hero. Follow these basic rules for composing your design The jump from carefully composed illustration to crudely arranged website was quite jarring. To begin a painting, he lays out his notes, and composes an elaborate pencil drawing on fine sanded canvas, on which he incorporates his poems and related Scriptural texts. Phillips first composes his arrangements using design software, then executes them in oils on rectangular canvases and circular panels. He returned to classical principles of composing his designs with few figures and a pale, even-toned palette that focuses attention on the plastically conceived figures. Synonyms design, arrange, plan, organize, work out, frame, balance, order, map out, construct, put together, shape, form, concoct 2(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole, or a specified part of it) the National Congress is composed of ten senators Christians compose 40 per cent of the state's population Example sentencesExamples In the case of gramicidin, this chain is composed entirely of water molecules and called a water wire. The tumor cells were mainly composed of elongated spindle cells arranged in fascicles. Let us assume that the leaf is composed of thin, serial layers. The driver's figure is composed of relatively few elements and, perched on a buckboard, seems diminutive in comparison to the neighboring group. In essence, what I found was that guerrilla warfare is composed of three elements. Art, in its many forms, is composed of several elements. Carbonate skins are composed primarily of carbonate, usually calcium carbonate, but the carbonate is sometimes combined with magnesium. Each ring is composed of seven identical subunits, which enclose a central cavity. Cytologically, the tumor cells were composed mainly of polygonal cells with epithelioid features. A large fraction of the eukaryotic DNA is composed of transposable elements that can cause mutations when they transpose to novel sites. They were composed almost entirely of slender spindle cells haphazardly proliferating around bundles of dermal collagen. A substantial fraction of vertebrate and invertebrate genomes is composed of mobile elements and their derivatives. Only 14% of the Arabidopsis genome is composed of transposable elements. They have a rough surface, and are essentially composed of concentric layers. Second, the sample is composed mainly of Caucasian individuals. Saturn's rings are composed primarily of water ice particles, and range in size from micrometers to meters. Such an army needs to be composed of three elements: garrison troops, mobile contingents, and a central rapid deployment force. The stroma of the tumor was composed of thin fibrous tissue. Mineral crystal is glass, which is composed of several elements that aid in resisting scratches (it is seven times harder than acrylic crystal). Nallatech reconfigurable computers are composed of three main elements. Synonyms make up, constitute, form, comprise 3Calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts) she tried to compose herself Example sentencesExamples As often as possible, please compose yourselves in the equanimity of thought-free wakefulness. ‘Even without the meditation session, I had to take a few deep breaths to compose myself in the face of such a huge gathering’, he said. The Prince took a deep breath as he tried to compose himself before speaking in a tone all too calm. She did become upset at one stage and we stopped the interview to allow her to compose herself. He had recovered from his scare but the walking hadn't helped his struggle to compose himself. It is just you that is down and you have to find ways to pull yourself together, to compose yourself. He took several moments to compose himself, visibly struggling for control. Why not wait until all of the crew members have had a chance to get home and rested and compose themselves a bit? All three men retell their stories of disillusionment slowly and methodically, taking breaks to compose themselves. When I finally managed to compose myself long enough to tell Liz what had made me cry, she began crying, which of course got me started all over again. I wipe the tears from my eyes and struggle to compose myself. The judge gave the witness a break to compose himself before he continued and described how he jumped first and landed in the garden, skin coming off his blistering hand. Nearing the door, she stopped to compose herself, breathing deeply, and collecting her thoughts. Even as he watched, she wiped a tear from her cheek, and visibly struggled to compose herself. I took a few well needed seconds to compose myself, and I was thankfully returned to a calm and collected state, on the outside at least. She paused while the raging feelings ran through her body, making her shake even though she tried to compose herself. I lay my head on the pillow, relax, and compose myself for sleep. As I step forward to check in with the next guard, my grandmother retreats to the bathroom to compose herself. I sat in silence, trying to compose myself mentally and emotionally for what was sure to be an unnerving event. But he did manage to compose himself long enough to welcome everyone who had come to the opening and to thank his staff without whom his business would not be the success it is. Synonyms calm down, settle down, control oneself, regain/recover one's composure, pull oneself together, get control of oneself, collect oneself, steady oneself, keep one's head, simmer down informal get a grip, keep one's cool, keep one's shirt on North American informal decompress, stay loose 3.1archaic Settle (a dispute) the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference Synonyms resolve, straighten out, sort out, clear up, settle, put right, set right, set to rights, find a solution to, solve, remedy, heal, cure, rectify 4Prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed. in offices where close-set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed Example sentencesExamples Once pages were composed, therefore, there was very little time for proof-correction before they had to be printed off and the types reused. He built an electronic printing system that would allow business customers to compose documents on an online template. Usage For an explanation of the differences between compose and comprise, see comprise Origin Late Middle English (in the general sense 'put together, construct'): from Old French composer, from Latin componere (see component), but influenced by Latin compositus 'composed' and Old French poser 'to place'. Rhymes appose, arose, Bose, brose, chose, close, diagnose, self-diagnose, doze, enclose, expose, foreclose, froze, hose, impose, interpose, juxtapose, Montrose, noes, nose, oppose, plainclothes, pose, propose, prose, rose, suppose, those, transpose, underexpose, uprose Definition of compose in US English: compose verbkəmˈpōzkəmˈpoʊz [with object] 1Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry) he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier Example sentencesExamples I also started doing more composing using a piano instead of a computer to write. I composed what I knew would quickly become Noel's theme. And that is what led them to compose songs on the World Cup theme. So both pieces are composed for a weird ensemble, with unconventional weightings of timbre and register. She's one of those students preparing for National Science Week with some specially composed songs. Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story. He also composed music, wrote poetry, had at least two books published and was a very accomplished artist. He also composes music to suit the lead characters of a particular film. After his initial input the children went on to compose their own poems. Ballads have been penned, poems have been composed and ditties have been compiled. Sung's music embraces the past but could only have been composed in the 21st century! Brahms had all but given up before tonight's works were composed, having written his will in 1891 and gone into a self-imposed retirement. Next is a video journal of Crowe's preparations for the role, set to music largely composed by him. Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century? Although he never had any musical training, Noel started composing for the piano shortly after leaving high school. In the 1770s he began composing symphonies, concertos, operas and theater music. I am madly in love with composing for orchestra and hope to die writing an orchestral piece! I almost always compose using material originally produced through improvisation. The specially composed three-minute piece of music will be performed at Manchester Cathedral on Friday June 11. When he composes his first opera, it is sure to attract attention. Synonyms write, create, devise, make up, think up, frame, formulate, fashion, produce, originate, invent, contrive, concoct 1.1 Write or phrase (a letter or piece of writing) with care and thought. the first sentence is so hard to compose Example sentencesExamples The letter was composed on common cream-laid paper. She has already raised £6,500 for the home by composing an appeal letter seeking donations for the hospice at Oxenhope. For some, communication may be easier because they can compose what they are going to say. As he composed his letter, four of his friends were listening to the radio while gluing together model airplanes. Here are a few hints on composing these vital letters. There is a splendid tale of the latter, his pen dripping in irony and vitriol, composing a letter to the United board congratulating them on their ground improvements in the aftermath of his own promises to build a new stadium. He sat, chewing on the end of a pen, composing what looked to be a letter. None of them looked as if they were itching to hurry home and compose a letter of outrage to the Evening Press. The next one is about night rain, a poem in which the husband is composing a letter to his wife. I'm composing a letter to her, but it might take me a little while to write. After the meeting they composed a letter to roundly voice their opposition to the prospect of the club, which they all represented with such distinction, folding at the end of this season if a suitable buyer cannot be found. I composed a terse letter in my head to Lonely Planet. She managed to keep pace with the small talk, but inside, she was already composing a letter to Bruno. Mark is still composing the letter to our last dentist. I've composed long letters to long lost friends. I awoke this morning with a need to compose the letter I've attached below. Reaching home, he composes his first letter to Jacobson in over twenty years. When Zhao realizes the actual letter is nothing but transparent excuses he composes a loving letter from the father of her dreams. Your elderly letter writers who have a hard time composing a good letter are just out of luck unless they have an angel, eh? Which is ironic because I've just spent the last hour composing a letter. 1.2 Form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way. compose and draw a still life Example sentencesExamples Adobe Photoshop was used to compose bitmap figures and Corel Draw was used to compose line drawings. The painting is composed from places the artist knew well, but it is mainly a product of his imagination rather than being a painting of a particular scene. The Chinese artists rather compose the final design from several blocks. She uses decoration deliberately, as a contextual strategy and artistic choice to compose her pictorial space. Taken together, these memory vignettes composed a portrait of an artist as a young entrepreneur. You have to arrange the items and compose the shot to make the subject the hero. Of these, a corresponding plan and façade together compose an experiment to reshape the streets and buildings to either side of the portico. Follow these basic rules for composing your design Some photographs look as though they've been deliberately composed, with the figures and their expressions carefully arranged to convey a particular message. The picture of flowers from three seasons, arranged in a terracotta vase, is admirably composed, with a trailing coherence of tendrils and twisting stalks. They tend to organise and compose a subject then use the camera to record it. Panoramic and establishing shots are nicely composed but not drawn out unnecessarily. In the Composition video, importance is placed on how to compose a balanced still life, as well as how to find compositional elements in a landscape. So the researchers believe that one artist painted Madonna and one canonized pair, while three other artists composed the remaining faces. Phillips first composes his arrangements using design software, then executes them in oils on rectangular canvases and circular panels. He returned to classical principles of composing his designs with few figures and a pale, even-toned palette that focuses attention on the plastically conceived figures. To begin a painting, he lays out his notes, and composes an elaborate pencil drawing on fine sanded canvas, on which he incorporates his poems and related Scriptural texts. The jump from carefully composed illustration to crudely arranged website was quite jarring. Synonyms design, arrange, plan, organize, work out, frame, balance, order, map out, construct, put together, shape, form, concoct 1.3 Order or arrange (parts) to form a whole, especially in an artistic way. make an attempt to compose your images 2(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole) the system is composed of a group of machines Example sentencesExamples They have a rough surface, and are essentially composed of concentric layers. Mineral crystal is glass, which is composed of several elements that aid in resisting scratches (it is seven times harder than acrylic crystal). Saturn's rings are composed primarily of water ice particles, and range in size from micrometers to meters. In essence, what I found was that guerrilla warfare is composed of three elements. Let us assume that the leaf is composed of thin, serial layers. Each ring is composed of seven identical subunits, which enclose a central cavity. Cytologically, the tumor cells were composed mainly of polygonal cells with epithelioid features. The driver's figure is composed of relatively few elements and, perched on a buckboard, seems diminutive in comparison to the neighboring group. In the case of gramicidin, this chain is composed entirely of water molecules and called a water wire. The stroma of the tumor was composed of thin fibrous tissue. Nallatech reconfigurable computers are composed of three main elements. Second, the sample is composed mainly of Caucasian individuals. A substantial fraction of vertebrate and invertebrate genomes is composed of mobile elements and their derivatives. Carbonate skins are composed primarily of carbonate, usually calcium carbonate, but the carbonate is sometimes combined with magnesium. Art, in its many forms, is composed of several elements. They were composed almost entirely of slender spindle cells haphazardly proliferating around bundles of dermal collagen. A large fraction of the eukaryotic DNA is composed of transposable elements that can cause mutations when they transpose to novel sites. The tumor cells were mainly composed of elongated spindle cells arranged in fascicles. Such an army needs to be composed of three elements: garrison troops, mobile contingents, and a central rapid deployment force. Only 14% of the Arabidopsis genome is composed of transposable elements. Synonyms make up, constitute, form, comprise 2.1 Be (a specified number or amount) of a whole. women compose 49 percent of that group 3Calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts) she tried to compose herself Example sentencesExamples The judge gave the witness a break to compose himself before he continued and described how he jumped first and landed in the garden, skin coming off his blistering hand. It is just you that is down and you have to find ways to pull yourself together, to compose yourself. She paused while the raging feelings ran through her body, making her shake even though she tried to compose herself. I took a few well needed seconds to compose myself, and I was thankfully returned to a calm and collected state, on the outside at least. I sat in silence, trying to compose myself mentally and emotionally for what was sure to be an unnerving event. ‘Even without the meditation session, I had to take a few deep breaths to compose myself in the face of such a huge gathering’, he said. But he did manage to compose himself long enough to welcome everyone who had come to the opening and to thank his staff without whom his business would not be the success it is. Why not wait until all of the crew members have had a chance to get home and rested and compose themselves a bit? She did become upset at one stage and we stopped the interview to allow her to compose herself. He had recovered from his scare but the walking hadn't helped his struggle to compose himself. The Prince took a deep breath as he tried to compose himself before speaking in a tone all too calm. When I finally managed to compose myself long enough to tell Liz what had made me cry, she began crying, which of course got me started all over again. As often as possible, please compose yourselves in the equanimity of thought-free wakefulness. Even as he watched, she wiped a tear from her cheek, and visibly struggled to compose herself. Nearing the door, she stopped to compose herself, breathing deeply, and collecting her thoughts. All three men retell their stories of disillusionment slowly and methodically, taking breaks to compose themselves. He took several moments to compose himself, visibly struggling for control. I wipe the tears from my eyes and struggle to compose myself. As I step forward to check in with the next guard, my grandmother retreats to the bathroom to compose herself. I lay my head on the pillow, relax, and compose myself for sleep. Synonyms calm down, settle down, control oneself, recover one's composure, regain one's composure, pull oneself together, get control of oneself, collect oneself, steady oneself, keep one's head, simmer down 3.1archaic Settle (a dispute) the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference Synonyms resolve, straighten out, sort out, clear up, settle, put right, set right, set to rights, find a solution to, solve, remedy, heal, cure, rectify 4Prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed. Example sentencesExamples He built an electronic printing system that would allow business customers to compose documents on an online template. Once pages were composed, therefore, there was very little time for proof-correction before they had to be printed off and the types reused. 4.1 Set up (letters and characters) of a text in preparation for printing. Origin Late Middle English (in the general sense ‘put together, construct’): from Old French composer, from Latin componere (see component), but influenced by Latin compositus ‘composed’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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