Compose
verb
To create or put together something like a piece of music or writing.
She composed a beautiful song
Often appears as...
- compose a song
- compose a letter
verb
To make up or form something by combining things, parts, or elements.
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen
Often appears as...
- composed of parts
- composed of elements
verb
To prepare one's self; to get ready or calm.
She took a moment to compose herself before speaking
Often appears as...
- compose yourself
- compose one’s thoughts
verb
To arrange or set elements in a pleasing or artistic manner.
The photographer composed the shot carefully
Often appears as...
- compose a shot
- compose a scene
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Technical
verb
To create or put together something like a piece of music or writing.
She composed a beautiful song
Often appears as...
- compose a song
- compose a letter
verb
To make up or form something by combining things, parts, or elements.
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen
Often appears as...
- composed of parts
- composed of elements
verb
To prepare one's self; to get ready or calm.
She took a moment to compose herself before speaking
Often appears as...
- compose yourself
- compose one’s thoughts
verb
To arrange or set elements in a pleasing or artistic manner.
The photographer composed the shot carefully
Often appears as...
- compose a shot
- compose a scene
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Creative Processes
Composing often requires creativity and can involve drafting, revising, and perfecting over time.
He composed his novel over the course of five years.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Expression
When composing music or poetry, emotions can be conveyed through choice of words, melodies, or rhythms.
The composer infused sadness into the song she composed.
Pro Tip 1/2Creative Processes
Composing often requires creativity and can involve drafting, revising, and perfecting over time.
He composed his novel over the course of five years.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Expression
When composing music or poetry, emotions can be conveyed through choice of words, melodies, or rhythms.
The composer infused sadness into the song she composed.
Pro Tip 1/2Creative Processes
Composing often requires creativity and can involve drafting, revising, and perfecting over time.
He composed his novel over the course of five years.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Expression
When composing music or poetry, emotions can be conveyed through choice of words, melodies, or rhythms.
The composer infused sadness into the song she composed.
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The mad scientist of...
I'm delighted that in fact I get to compose works for them. I get to write, sometimes for soloists and I get to work with one person, sometimes full orchestras, and I work with a lot of people, and this is probably the capacity, the role creatively for which I'm probably best known professionally. Now, some of my scores as a composer look like this,
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Why we love repetition...
that avoided exact repetition. They heard excerpts from these pieces in either their original form, or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers,
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The wacky history of...
all organisms are composed of one or more cells. the cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms. And all cells come from preexisting cells. To be honest, this all sounds incredibly boring until you dig a little deeper
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Black Market Demand for...
rainforest is the only hornbill species in the world whose cask is composed of ivory light material but not everyone is out to kill the helmeted window it also has many protectors we are now driving into one of the poorest reserve in sabah
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Nora The Piano Playing...
dr. Herman bobner Lititz a highly respected veterinarian he believes music can have a profound effect on cats so much so that he composed this music especially for them it's called coming home and while it may conjure up visions
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The benefits of a good...
a good night's sleep. Sleep is composed of four stages, the deepest of which are known as slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement. EEG machines monitoring people during these stages have shown electrical impulses
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Why do whales sing? -...
Clicks, pulses, whistles, groans, boings, cries, and trills, to name a few. But the most famous parts of this underwater symphony are the evocative melodies, or songs, composed by the world's largest mammals,
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How cosmic rays help us...
within the Earth's atmosphere but from outer space. Our universe is composed of many astronomical objects. BIllions of stars of all sizes, black holes, active galactic nuclei, astroids, planets and more.
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Singing from the...
they seemed easier to sing lyrics composed in the West revealed their true sources in memories of my life across the sea a swimming pool in LA moved to the apartment sorry a swimming pool in
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The 2,400-year search...
that everything in the world was made up of tiny particles surrounded by empty space. And he even speculated that they vary in size and shape depending on the substance they compose.
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The mad scientist of...
I'm delighted that in fact I get to compose works for them. I get to write, sometimes for soloists and I get to work with one person, sometimes full orchestras, and I work with a lot of people, and this is probably the capacity, the role creatively for which I'm probably best known professionally. Now, some of my scores as a composer look like this,
Video examples
Why we love repetition...
that avoided exact repetition. They heard excerpts from these pieces in either their original form, or in a version that had been digitally altered to include repetition. Although the original versions had been composed by some of the most respected 20th century composers,
Video examples
The wacky history of...
all organisms are composed of one or more cells. the cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms. And all cells come from preexisting cells. To be honest, this all sounds incredibly boring until you dig a little deeper
Video examples
Black Market Demand for...
rainforest is the only hornbill species in the world whose cask is composed of ivory light material but not everyone is out to kill the helmeted window it also has many protectors we are now driving into one of the poorest reserve in sabah
Video examples
Nora The Piano Playing...
dr. Herman bobner Lititz a highly respected veterinarian he believes music can have a profound effect on cats so much so that he composed this music especially for them it's called coming home and while it may conjure up visions
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
a good night's sleep. Sleep is composed of four stages, the deepest of which are known as slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement. EEG machines monitoring people during these stages have shown electrical impulses
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
Clicks, pulses, whistles, groans, boings, cries, and trills, to name a few. But the most famous parts of this underwater symphony are the evocative melodies, or songs, composed by the world's largest mammals,
Video examples
How cosmic rays help us...
within the Earth's atmosphere but from outer space. Our universe is composed of many astronomical objects. BIllions of stars of all sizes, black holes, active galactic nuclei, astroids, planets and more.
Video examples
Singing from the...
they seemed easier to sing lyrics composed in the West revealed their true sources in memories of my life across the sea a swimming pool in LA moved to the apartment sorry a swimming pool in
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The 2,400-year search...
that everything in the world was made up of tiny particles surrounded by empty space. And he even speculated that they vary in size and shape depending on the substance they compose.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasn't going to compose Beethoven's Fifth.
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Anais Nin
American Author
Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.
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Robert Frost
American Poet
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
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Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.
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Arjun Janya
Indian Composer
Composing music for 'Mungaru Male 2' is a big responsibility and challenge.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Russian Inventor
Life is composed of different inventions.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Forever is composed of nows.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasn't going to compose Beethoven's Fifth.
Quote examples
Anais Nin
American Author
Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.
Quote examples
Robert Frost
American Poet
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Quote examples
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.
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Arjun Janya
Indian Composer
Composing music for 'Mungaru Male 2' is a big responsibility and challenge.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Russian Inventor
Life is composed of different inventions.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Forever is composed of nows.
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