compose

English

/kəmˈpoʊz/, /kəmˈpəʊz/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
  • (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  • (transitive) To comprise.
  • (transitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
  • (sometimes) To calm; to free from agitation.
  • To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
  • To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
  • To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
  • (printing) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French composer (settle, compose, compound, adjust) derived from Latin componere (put together, compose) root from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (settle, bed, lie down, lie dow, dwell, dear, cozy, familiar).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tḱey-

Gloss

settle, bed, lie down, lie dow, dwell, dear, cozy, familiar

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

床

Emoji

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