Dictionary entry details
• COMPOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Form the substance of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Greed and ambition composed his personality
Hypernyms (to "compose" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Write music
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
compose; write
Context example:
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Hypernyms (to "compose" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compose"):
harmonise; harmonize (write a harmony for)
melodise; melodize (supply a melody for)
score (write a musical score for)
arrange; set (adapt for performance in a different way)
set to music (write (music) for (a text))
counterpoint (write in counterpoint)
instrument; instrumentate (write an instrumental score for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he compose his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Produce a literary work
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
write; pen; indite; compose
Context examples:
She composed a poem / He wrote four novels
Hypernyms (to "compose" is one way to...):
create verbally (create with or from words)
"Compose" entails doing...:
spell; write (write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word))
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compose"):
adopt; dramatise; dramatize (put into dramatic form)
draft; outline (draw up an outline or sketch for something)
poetise; poetize; verse; versify (compose verses or put into verse)
author (be the author of)
annotate; footnote (add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments)
cite; reference (refer to)
write out; write up (put into writing; write in complete form)
script (write a script for)
write copy (write for commercial publications)
rewrite (rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose)
draw (write a legal document or paper)
lyric (write lyrics for (a song))
write about; write of; write on (write about a particular topic)
profile (write about)
paragraph (write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher)
paragraph (write about in a paragraph)
write off (write something fluently, and without hesitation)
dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off (write quickly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Did he compose his major works over a short period of time?
They will compose the duet
Meaning:
Put together out of existing material
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
compile; compose
Context example:
compile a list
Hypernyms (to "compose" is one way to...):
make (make by shaping or bringing together constituents)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compose"):
cobble together; cobble up (put together hastily)
anthologise; anthologize (compile an anthology)
catalog; catalogue (make a catalogue, compile a catalogue)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult
Hypernyms (to "compose" is one way to...):
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make up plans or basic details for
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
draw up; frame; compose
Context example:
frame a policy
Hypernyms (to "compose" is one way to...):
plan (make plans for something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
