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kəmˈpoʊzcom·pose

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. compose

    Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; to alleviate, on the other hand, is to lighten a burden. We allay suffering by using means to soothe and tranquilize the sufferer; we alleviate suffering by doing something toward removal of the cause, so that there is less to suffer; where the trouble is wholly or chiefly in the excitement, to allay the excitement is virtually to remove the trouble; as, to allay rage or panic; we alleviate poverty, but do not allay it. Pacify, directly from the Latin, and appease, from the Latin through the French, signify to bring to peace; to mollify is to soften; to calm, quiet, or tranquilize is to make still; compose, to place together, unite, adjust to a calm and settled condition; to soothe (originally to assent to, humor) is to bring to pleased quietude. We allay excitement, appease a tumult, calm agitation, compose our feelings or countenance, pacify the quarrelsome, quiet the boisterous or clamorous, soothe grief or distress. Compare ALLEVIATE.

    Synonyms:
    allay, alleviate, appease, calm, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize

    Antonyms:
    agitate, arouse, excite, fan, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. compose

    Synonyms:
    construct, compile, soothe, allay, calm, put together, constitute, draw up, frame, form, pacify, mitigate, settle, adjust, write

    Antonyms:
    analyze, awaken, stir, dissect, criticise, irritate, excite

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. composeverb

    form the substance of

    "Greed and ambition composed his personality"

    Synonyms:
    compile, frame, draw up, write, indite, pen

  2. compose, writeverb

    write music

    "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

    Synonyms:
    spell, save, draw up, pen, publish, indite, compile, frame, drop a line, write

  3. write, compose, pen, inditeverb

    produce a literary work

    "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

    Synonyms:
    spell, draw up, pen, compile, save, indite, publish, frame, drop a line, write

  4. compose, compileverb

    put together out of existing material

    "compile a list"

    Synonyms:
    accumulate, pile up, draw up, pen, hoard, indite, collect, compile, amass, frame, write, roll up

  5. composeverb

    calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet

    "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"

    Synonyms:
    compile, frame, draw up, write, indite, pen

  6. frame, compose, draw upverb

    make up plans or basic details for

    "frame a policy"

    Synonyms:
    put, cast, haul up, frame in, ensnare, frame, set up, frame up, write, redact, border, draw up, couch, indite, pen, entrap, compile, pull up, straighten up

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. composeverb

    Synonyms:
    constitute, form, make, compound, put together, make up

  2. composeverb

    Synonyms:
    indite, write, frame, draw up, put or set down in writing, express by writing

  3. composeverb

    Synonyms:
    adjust, settle, regulate

  4. composeverb

    Synonyms:
    tranquillize, assuage, soothe, appease, pacify, calm, still, quiet, quell

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "compose":

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How to use compose in a sentence?

  1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova:

    A new situation for me, semifinals of a Grand Slam, so, yeah, I was nervous. But who isn’t at this point? I was just trying to compose my nerves as well as I could.

  2. Ludwig van Beethoven:

    I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.

  3. Auguste Renoir:

    If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

  4. R.L. Giles:

    In parting, Compose a beautiful goodbye And the bliss will live on in memories symphony.

  5. John Dingell:

    One of the advantages to knowing that your demise is imminent, and that reports of it will not be greatly exaggerated, is that you have a few moments to compose some parting thoughts, in our modern political age, the presidential bully pulpit seems dedicated to sowing division and denigrating, often in the most irrelevant and infantile personal terms, the political opposition.


Translations for compose

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  • مؤلف موسيقىArabic
  • образувам, успокоявам, съставям, съставям се от, съчинявам, творя, композирамBulgarian
  • složitCzech
  • bilden, umfasst, abfassen, enthalten, fassen, zusammensetzen, zusammenstellen, einschliessen, verfassen, komponieren, beruhigenGerman
  • ηρεμώ, συμπεριλαμβάνω, απαρτίζω, περιέχω, συνθέτω, συνέρχομαι, περιλαμβάνωGreek
  • componerSpanish
  • sisaldama, rahunema, koostama, looma, moodustamaEstonian
  • rauhoittua, koota, sommitella, käsittää, muodostaa, luoda, koostaa, säveltääFinnish
  • composerFrench
  • cumIrish
  • הלחין, חיברHebrew
  • vormen, omvatten, redigeren, samenstellen, bedaren, componeren, composerenDutch
  • compor, constituir, recompor-se, montarPortuguese
  • compuneRomanian
  • собираться, составлять, собирать, собраться, составить, писать, состоять, сочинять, сочинить, написать, собратьRussian
  • komponeraSwedish
  • bumuoTagalog
  • soạn thảo, soạn, biên soạnVietnamese
  • 撰写Chinese

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