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Word: Compose
Speech Type: Verb
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’
kəmˈpəʊz
write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)
Short Definition:write or create work of art
Examples:- he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier
(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole, or a specified part of it)
Short Definition:constitute or make up whole
Examples:- the National Congress is composed of ten senators
- Christians compose 40 per cent of the state's population
calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)
Short Definition:calm or settle oneself
Examples:- she tried to compose herself
prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed
Short Definition:prepare text for printing by setting up letters
Examples:- in offices where close-set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed
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