All 6 Uses
compose
in
Ready Player One
(Edited)
- A new subculture was born, composed of the millions of people who now devoted every free moment of their lives to searching for Halliday's egg.
p. 8.1 *composed = made up
- "All of our oologists are voice-linked to a support team," he continued. "Composed of Halliday scholars, videogame experts, pop-culture historians, and cryptologists."
p. 138.2
- These instructions had to be very simple, usually composed of just two or three words, such as "go south" or "get sword."
p. 226.5composed = consisting
- The dungeon floor was composed of floating circular platforms arranged end to end in a long line that stretched out into the darkness ahead.
p. 255.4composed = made up
- I spent about fifteen minutes composing one last e-mail, which I addressed to every single OASIS user.
p. 303.8composing = writing
- I opened another window, displaying the brief e-mail I'd composed just before logging into the Basement.
p. 309.9 *composed = written
Definitions:
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(1)
(compose as in: compose a poem) to write or create something with care
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(2)
(compose as in: composed of many parts) to create something by arranging parts
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(3)
(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Specialized senses of compose include typesetting (preparing text for printing). There are many specialized senses of composition where context tells what something is made up from. Finally, in classic literature, compose may have been used to indicate settling a dispute.