compose
To make something by merging parts.
Example
“The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.”
Other meanings
To make up the whole; to constitute.
“A church is composed of its members.”
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
“The orator composed his speech over the week prior.”
Synonyms
- write
- pen
Related words
- cocompose
- composability
- composable
- composograph
- miscompose
- photocompose
- postcompose
- precompose
- recompose
- composer
- composing stick
- composite
Word history
From Latin "componere" (to put together, compose).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “compose” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.