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English verb: compose | |||
| 1. | compose (stative) form the substance of | ||
| Samples | Greed and ambition composed his personality. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent | ||
| 2. | compose (creation) write music | ||
| Samples | Beethoven composed nine symphonies. | ||
| Examples | Did he compose his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | write | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arrange, counterpoint, harmonise, harmonize, instrument, instrumentate, melodise, melodize, score, set, set to music | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| 3. | compose (creation) produce a literary work | ||
| Samples | She composed a poem. He wrote four novels. | ||
| Examples | Did he compose his major works over a short period of time?, They will compose the duet | ||
| Synonyms | indite, pen, write | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create verbally | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adopt, annotate, author, cite, dash off, draft, dramatise, dramatize, draw, fling off, footnote, knock off, lyric, outline, paragraph, paragraph, poetise, poetize, profile, reference, rewrite, scratch off, script, toss off, verse, versify, write about, write copy, write of, write off, write on, write out, write up | ||
| Entail | spell, write | ||
| Verb group | publish, write | ||
| Domain category | authorship, composition, penning, writing | ||
| 4. | compose (creation) put together out of existing material | ||
| Samples | Compile a list. | ||
| Synonyms | compile | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anthologise, anthologize, catalog, catalogue, cobble together, cobble up | ||
| 5. | compose (emotion) calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet | ||
| Samples | She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | ||
| 6. | compose (cognition) make up plans or basic details for | ||
| Samples | Frame a policy. | ||
| Synonyms | draw up, frame | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan | ||
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