English Explanatory Dictionary

compose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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.

Pronunciation

kəm-pōzʹ /kəmˈpəʊz/ /kəmˈpoʊz/ En-us-compose.ogg /kəmˈpəʉz/ [kəmˈpɐʉz] /kəmˈpɐʉz/

Word forms

compose composes composing composed

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

form indite compose compound comprise make up represent upmake constitute

Related words

composition

Derived words

cocompose composability composable composer composing frame composing rule composing stick composite composition compositor composograph composure decompose discompose miscompose photocompose postcompose precompose recompose through-composed

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