compose
/kəmˈpoʊz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
Example Sentences
- "The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."
- "December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection."
- "A church is composed of its members."
- "A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions."
- "The orator composed his speech over the week prior."
- "Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven."
Etymology
From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəmˈpoʊz/
- British English: /kəmˈpəʊz/