compose
US: /kəmˈpoʊz/
UK: /kəmpˈəʊz/
UK: /kəmpˈəʊz/
English Vietnamese dictionary
compose /kəm'pouz/
- động từ
- soạn, sáng tác, làm
- to compose a piece of music: soạn một bản nhạc
- to compose a poem: làm một bài thơ
- ((thường) dạng bị động) gồm có, bao gồm
- water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen: nước gồm có hyđrô và ôxy
- bình tĩnh lại, trấn tĩnh; chuẩn bị tư thế đĩnh đạc (để làm gì...)
- compose yourself: anh hãy bình tĩnh lại
- to compose one's features (countenance): giữ vẻ bình tĩnh
- giải quyết; dàn xếp; dẹp được
- to compose a quarrel: dàn xếp cuộc cãi nhau
- (ngành in) sắp chữ
- soạn, sáng tác, làm
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 [VN] [no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses) (formal) to combine together to form a whole: Ten men compose the committee.
2 to write music: [VN] Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died. [also V]
3 [VN] ~ a letter / speech / poem to write a letter, etc. usually with a lot of care and thought: She composed a letter of protest.
4 [VN] [no passive] (formal) to manage to control your feelings or expression: Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself. + I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.
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Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 constitute, form, make (up), be a constituent or ingredient or component or element of, be a part of:
Clouds are composed of countless particles of water.
2 write, create, imagine, think up, originate, frame, formulate, make (up), author, devise; contrive; set to music, arrange:
He composed the poem while travelling on the Flying Scotsman. That symphony was composed in 1873.
3 be composed of. consist of or in, comprise, be formed or made (up) of, be constituted of:
The new government is composed of a coalition of three parties.
4 compose oneself. calm (down), quiet or quieten (down), pacify, control oneself, get control of or over oneself:
They stopped crying and composed themselves.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
specially
music specially composed for the occasion
Concise English dictionary
composes|composed|composingkəm'pəʊz
verb
+form the substance of
+write music
+produce a literary work
+put together out of existing material
+calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
+make up plans or basic details for
