| Main Entry: |
compose |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
create writing, artwork, or music |
Synonyms: |
author, bang out,
cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp,
conceive,
contrive, cook up,
design,
devise,
discover, draw up, dream up,
fabricate,
forge,
form,
formulate,
frame*, fudge together,
ghost*, ghostwrite,
imagine, indite,
invent, knock off, knock out,
make up, note down,
orchestrate,
originate,
pen, poetize,
produce, push pencil,
put down, put pen to paper,
score, scribble,
script, set type,
set up,
time, turn out, whip up,
write
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| Notes: |
compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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