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composeto create or write a piece of music, poetry, or formal writing

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to create or write a piece of music, poetry, or formal writing

Pronunciation (IPA): /kəmˈpoʊz/

Korean meaning: 작곡하다, 작시하다, 글을 쓰다

Korean pronunciation: 컴**포**즈

Example Sentences

  • My cat somehow composed a better melody by walking on the piano than I did after 10 years of lessons.
  • The team is composed of players from five different countries.
  • After receiving the shocking news, she needed a moment to compose herself before calling her family.

compose

VERB

//kəmˈpoʊz//

to create or write a piece of music, poetry, or formal writing

compose concept
💡 Concept

The musician composes a new melody at the piano.

compose rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Compose your prose — let the ideas arise and flow.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kəmˈpoʊz/
🇬🇧 UK/kəmˈpəʊz/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcom--
Rootpose

Origin

From Old French 'composer,' derived from Latin 'componere,' which combines 'com-' (together) and 'ponere' (to place or put). The word originally meant 'to put together' and evolved to mean creating or arranging something, particularly music or written work.

🎵Rhyme

disposeproposesupposeexpose
dispose
propose
suppose
expose

🔗Collocations

compose music
compose a letter
compose oneself
be composed of
compose a poem
compose thoughts

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cat somehow composed a better melody by walking on the piano than I did after 10 years of lessons.

The team is composed of players from five different countries.

After receiving the shocking news, she needed a moment to compose herself before calling her family.

😄 Fun example

He composed a love song for his girlfriend, but it sounded more like a funeral march.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

createwriteformulateconstructauthor

Antonyms

destroydecomposedismantle

Related

compositioncomposercompositedecomposerecompose

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