compose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
form the substance of
Greed and ambition composed his personality
Types & categories
- make up hypernym
Related & opposite
- component derivation
Sense 2 verb
write music
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Types & categories
- create hypernym
- counterpoint hyponym
- set to music hyponym
- arrange hyponym
- score hyponym
- melodize hyponym
- harmonize hyponym
- instrumentate hyponym
Related & opposite
- composing derivation
- musical composition derivation
- composer derivation
- music domain topic
Sense 3 verb
produce a literary work
She composed a poem
Types & categories
- create verbally hypernym
- draw hyponym
- lyric hyponym
- write on hyponym
- profile hyponym
- paragraph hyponym
- paragraph hyponym
- write off hyponym
- dash off hyponym
- rewrite hyponym
- write copy hyponym
- dramatize hyponym
- draft hyponym
- verse hyponym
- author hyponym
- footnote hyponym
- reference hyponym
- write out hyponym
- script hyponym
Related & opposite
- write out also see
- authorship derivation
- pen derivation
- author derivation
- authorship domain topic
- spell entails
- publish verb group
Sense 4 verb
put together out of existing material
compile a list
Types & categories
- make hypernym
- cobble together hyponym
- anthologize hyponym
- catalog hyponym
Related & opposite
- compiling derivation
- compilation derivation
- compiler derivation
- setter derivation
Sense 5 verb
calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult
Types & categories
- still hypernym
Related & opposite
- composure derivation
Sense 6 verb
make up plans or basic details for
frame a policy
Types & categories
- plan hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | component |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | make up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | composing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | musical composition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | composer |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterpoint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | set to music |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | score |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | melodize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harmonize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | instrumentate |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | write out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | author |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | authorship |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | spell |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | publish |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | create verbally |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lyric |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | write on |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | profile |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paragraph |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paragraph |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | write off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rewrite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | write copy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dramatize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | draft |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | verse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | author |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | footnote |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reference |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | write out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | script |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compiling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compilation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compiler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | setter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | make |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobble together |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | anthologize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catalog |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | composure |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | still |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | framing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | framer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan |