Verb: compose kum'powz
- Form the substance of
"Greed and ambition composed his personality"
- Produce a literary work
"She composed a poem";
- write, pen, indite [archaic]
- (music) write music
"Beethoven composed nine symphonies";
- write
- Put together out of existing material
"compose a list";
- compile
- Make up plans or basic details for
"compose a policy";
- frame, draw up
- Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
"She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
- Arrange to make a pleasing picture, artwork, etc.
"You have composed the picture very well with a great background"
Derived forms: composing, composes, composed
See also: draw
Type of: be, calm, calm down, comprise, constitute, create, create verbally, lull, make, make up, plan, quiet, quieten [Brit], represent, still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize
Encyclopedia: Compose