compose
Meaning
- To make something by merging parts.
- To make up the whole; to constitute.
- To comprise.
- To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- To calm; to free from agitation.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
Synonyms
innovate
result in
take along
textus
bind together
set type
write a book
organise organize
link together
literary work
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəmˈpoʊz/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”).
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