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Meanings of compose in English

Portuguese
escrever
Catalan
compondre
Spanish
escribir

Produce a literary work.

        Related terms
        escrever
        Spanish
        componer

        Make up plans or basic details for.

              componer
              Portuguese
              compilar
              Catalan
              compilar

              To put together out of existing material (e.g. a list).

                    compilar
                    Usage of compose in English
                    1
                    Clerihews are easy to compose and help you remember facts about people.
                    Wired
                    2
                    In fact the woodlands on the farms compose about 50 per cent.
                    The School Book of Forestry
                    3
                    Look at the words that have been used to compose the poem.
                    From cover to cover: evaluating and reviewing children's books
                    4
                    All the elements and the objects they compose exist in the Soul.
                    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
                    5
                    In the North, the farm woodlands compose two-fifths of all the forests.
                    The School Book of Forestry
                    6
                    You compose it immediately afterward to reduce the risk of memory lapses.
                    The Kingmaker
                    7
                    All the moral beings that dwell in it compose one immortal family.
                    The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
                    8
                    Once more she watched him compose scrambled words into a coherent message.
                    Acts of faith
                    9
                    Join me now and you will help me compose a new dragon.
                    Spellwright
                    10
                    The housemaid retired; and Mr Witherington took some time to compose himself.
                    The Pirate
                    11
                    He had a few minutes yet, to compose his missive to Estabrook.
                    Imajica: Complete Edition
                    12
                    Not even Cromwell can compose a law that makes that a crime.
                    The King’s Curse
                    13
                    It took longer than he expected to compose one to Comrade Zhao.
                    Enigma of China
                    14
                    Because Typhon discovered how to use Language Prime to compose a dragon.
                    Spellwright
                    15
                    The side A, with the sides B and C, compose the triangle.
                    English Grammar in Familiar Lectures / Accompanied by a compendi...
                    16
                    I have come into the world for no purpose but to compose.
                    The last novel
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                    Translations for compose
                    Compose through the time
                    Compose across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Less common