compose
pronunciation
How to pronounce compose in British English:
UK [kəmˈpəʊz]
How to pronounce compose in American English:
US [kəmˈpoʊz]
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- Verb:
- form the substance of
- write music
- produce a literary work
- put together out of existing material
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- draw up the plans or basic details for
Word Origin
- compose
- compose: [15] Etymologically, compose means simply ‘put together’; it comes, via Old French composer, from compos-, the perfect stem of Latin compōnere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and pōnere ‘place, put’, source of English position. Amongst its many descendants and derivatives are compound, component [17] (from the Latin present participle compōnent-), composite [16] (from the Latin past participle compositus), and compost [14] (which originally meant ‘stewed fruit’, like the later-borrowed compote [17]).=> component, composite, compost, compote, compound, position
- compose (v.)
- c. 1400, compousen, from Old French composer "put together, arrange, write" a work (12c.), from com- "with" (see com-) + poser "to place," from Late Latin pausare "to cease, lay down" (see pause (n.)). Meaning influenced in Old French by componere (see composite; also see pose (v.)). Musical sense is from 1590s. Related: Composed; composing.
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Example
- 1. And then compose an email answering the question .
- 2. Right now ordinary citizens compose 1.5 million blog posts per day .
- 3. Then you scan hundreds , maybe thousands , of profiles and compose emails to the people you want to meet .
- 4. But so far , most smart phone makers have ignored dvorak fans begging to compose emails and text messages on the devices with their preferred keyboard layout .
- 5. They will now compose the country 's four highest courts .