2 meanings, 3 uses
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1 —2 uses as in:
compose a poem
Definition
to write or create something with care — especially music or a literary work, but could be other things as diverse as a plan or a letter
- He wrote regularly for The Hourly Radio, composed feely scenarios, and had the happiest knack for slogans and hypnopaedic rhymes.p. 67.2
composed = wrote
- Above were the search laboratories and the padded rooms in which Sound-Track Writers and Synthetic Composers did the delicate work.p. 66.3
composers = writers
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2 —1 use as in:
composed of many parts
Definition
to create something by arranging parts; or to be those parts
- Not philosophers but fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.p. 4.6
compose = make up
(editor's note: Someone who saws wood into pieces is called a sawyer. A fret-sawyer is someone who saws with a type of saw called a fretsaw which is made for intricate cutting that often involves tight curves.)
(editor's note: Someone who saws wood into pieces is called a sawyer. A fret-sawyer is someone who saws with a type of saw called a fretsaw which is made for intricate cutting that often involves tight curves.)
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