compose meaning and definition

COMPOSE verb

Definition of compose (verb)

1. form the substance of
   • "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
2. write music
   • "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
   • synonyms: write
3. produce a literary work
   • "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
   • synonyms: indite, pen, write
4. put together out of existing material
   • "compile a list"
   • synonyms: compile
5. calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
   • "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
6. make up plans or basic details for
   • "frame a policy"
   • synonyms: draw up, frame