Definizione monolingua

compose

compose (third-person singular simple present composes, present participle composing, simple past and past participle composed)

1. (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [ from later 15th c.]

   The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.

   Try to compose your thoughts.

2. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

   A church is composed of its members.

   The members compose the church.

3. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
4. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

   The orator composed his speech over the week prior.

   Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.

   Its difficult to compose without absolute silence.

5. (reflexive) To calm oneself down.

   The defendant couldnt compose herself and was found in contempt.

6. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
7. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 280:

     By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision [...].

Definizione dizionario compose

comporre

	scrivere
	To create an object, such as an email message.

aggiungere

calmare

congiungere

consistere

costituire

mettere in ordine

scrivere a

Altri significati:

to construct by mental labor; to think up

(reflexive) To calm oneself down.

compose (e.g. a Japanese poem)

to calm oneself down

(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

To make something by merging parts.

(transitive) To make something by merging parts. [ from later 15th c.]

to arrange the elements of a picture

(transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.

to comprise

(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

to make something by merging parts

to make up the whole; to constitute

To produce or create a literary or musical work.