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# compose

verb (compose, composes, composed, composing)

«compose» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To compose music, a poem or a letter is to write or create it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#m1)
2. To be composed of means to be made of parts: «Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#m2)
3. To compose yourself is to calm down and control your feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons pupils compose tunes; in English lessons they compose poems and letters. In science, «composed of» tells what something is made of. In stories, «she composed herself» means she calmed down. Phrases: composed of, compose yourself, compose a letter.

### Examples

- Mozart composed music when he was very young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x1)
- Our class composed a poem about the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x2)
- Air is composed mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x3)
- She took a deep breath and composed herself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x4)
- Compose a letter to your local council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x5)
- The team is composed of eleven players. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x6)
- There was nothing that she did not seem to know, and as for songs she not only could sing those from every part of Brittany, but could compose them herself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/#x7)

### Note

«Composed of» = made up of (not «composed from»). A person who composes music is a «composer». «Composed» as an adjective means calm.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «compose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compose/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compose» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/compose.html) on Mova free.