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compose - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
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create,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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counterpoint write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
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set to music write (music) for (a text)
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arrange,
set arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
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score make underscoring marks
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melodise,
melodize supply a melody for
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harmonise,
harmonize bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
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instrument,
instrumentate address a legal document to
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compose - put together out of existing material; "compile a list" |
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compile |
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make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
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cobble together,
cobble up put together hastily
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anthologise,
anthologize compile an anthology
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catalog,
catalogue make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
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compose - calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" |
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calm,
calm down,
lull,
quiet,
quieten,
still,
tranquilize,
tranquillise,
tranquillize become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
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compose - form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" |
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be,
comprise,
constitute,
make up,
represent spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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