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ENGLISH: compose - CREOLE: konpoze

Overview of verb compose

The verb compose has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (14) compose -- (form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality")

2. (5) compose, write -- (write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies")

3. (4) write, compose, pen, indite -- (produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels")

4. (3) compose, compile -- (put together out of existing material; "compile a list")

5. (1) compose -- (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult")

6. frame, compose, draw up -- (make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy")