compose
[verb]
Synonyms:
- put together, build, comprise, constitute, construct, fashion, form, make, make up
- create, contrive, devise, invent, produce, write
- calm, collect, control, pacify, placate, quiet, soothe
- arrange, adjust

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Antonyms: discompose
Contrasted words: agitate, embroil, trouble, unsettle
Related Idioms: calm down, control one's feelings (or emotions), get hold of oneself, master one's feelings, pull oneself together
Related Words: consist (of), devise, invent, make up, originate, dream up, ease, lessen, soften, comfort, console, solace, down, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pocket, temper, tune down, bottle (up), check, hold in, ease (off or up), let up, relax, slacken

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

com‧pose /kəmˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: composer, from Latin componere; ⇒ compound²]

1.
a) be composed of something to be formed from a number of substances, parts, or people Synonym : consist of:
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.
The legal system is composed of people, and people make mistakes.
► Do not say that something ‘is composed by’ or ‘is composed with’ things or people. Say that it is composed of things or people.
b) [transitive not in progressive] formal to combine together to form something Synonym : make up:
More than 17.6 million firms compose the business sector of our economy.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to write a piece of music ⇒ composer, composition:
Barrington has composed the music for a new production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

3. compose a letter/poem/speech etc to write a letter, poem etc, thinking very carefully about it as you write it:
Compose a letter to your local paper stating your views on an issue of your choice.

4.
a) compose yourself to try hard to become calm after feeling very angry, upset, or excited:
Lynn took several deep breaths to compose herself.
b) compose your face/features/thoughts to make yourself look or feel calm ⇒ composure:
When asked a question, give yourself a second to compose your thoughts.

5. [transitive] to arrange the parts of a painting, photograph, or scene in a way that achieves a particular result:
I like the way he composes his photographs.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

compose
verb
ADV. specially music specially composed for the occasion

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