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compose

verb

make up plans or basic details for

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
C
Ends with
E
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

verb

  1. make up plans or basic details for

    “frame a policy”

verb

  1. put together out of existing material

    “compile a list”

verb

  1. produce a literary work

    “She composed a poem”

verb

  1. write music

    “Beethoven composed nine symphonies”

verb

  1. calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet

    “She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult”

verb

  1. form the substance of

    “Greed and ambition composed his personality”

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Example Sentences

frame a policy
compile a list
She composed a poem
He wrote four novels
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult
Greed and ambition composed his personality

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