English-Swedish translations for compose

• komponera

Definition of compose

• To make something by merging parts.
• To make up the whole; to constitute
• To comprise
• To calm; to free from agitation
• To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture
• To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition
• To arrange in a composing stick for printing; to typeset

Examples

• The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
• A church is composed of its members.
• The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
• Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
• Its difficult to compose without absolute silence.
• Try to compose your thoughts.
• The defendant couldnt compose herself and was found in contempt.

Related words

• composer
• composed
• composedly
• decompose
• decomposer
• decomposed
• recompose
• discompose
• through-composed