compose

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compose
kəmˈpəʊz Listen
Meanings
verb
  • write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).
    E.g. he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier
  • (of elements) constitute or make up (a whole, or a specified part of it).
    E.g. the National Congress is composed of ten senators
  • calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts).
    E.g. 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.
    E.g. in offices where close-set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed

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