Overview of verb compose

The verb compose has 6 senses

• compose -- (form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality")


• compose, write -- (write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies")


• write, compose, pen, indite -- (produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels")


• compose, compile -- (put together out of existing material; "compile a list")


• compose -- (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult")


• frame, compose, draw up -- (make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy")

Overview of adj composed

The adj composed has 1 sense

• composed -- (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time")