compose

verb

/kəmˈpəʊz/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they compose	/kəmˈpəʊz/ /kəmˈpəʊz/
he / she / it composes	/kəmˈpəʊzɪz/ /kəmˈpəʊzɪz/
past simple composed	/kəmˈpəʊzd/ /kəmˈpəʊzd/
past participle composed	/kəmˈpəʊzd/ /kəmˈpəʊzd/
-ing form composing	/kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/

jump to other results

[transitive, intransitive] compose (something) to write music作曲；创作（音乐）
- Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.莫扎特在创作出他最后一部歌剧后不久便去世了。
- music specially composed for the occasion专门为这个场合谱写的乐曲
Topics Musicb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- specially
See full entry
[transitive] compose a letter/speech/poem to write a letter, etc. usually with a lot of care and thought撰写（信函、讲稿、诗歌等）
- She composed a letter of protest.她写了一封抗议信。
Wordfinder
Topics Literature and writingc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- specially
See full entry
[transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) compose something (formal) to combine together to form a whole组成，构成（一个整体） synonym make up
- Ten people compose the committee.十个人组成了这个委员会。
see also composed
[transitive, no passive] (formal) to manage to control your feelings or expression使镇静；使平静
- compose yourself Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself.埃玛皱起了眉头，努力使自己镇定下来。
- compose something I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.我心烦意乱难以镇定思绪。
see also composure

Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘put together, construct’): from Old French composer, from Latin componere, from com- ‘together’ + ponere ‘put’, but influenced by Latin compositus ‘composed’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.