compose

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kəm-pōzʹ, IPA ^(key): /kəmˈpoʊz/
• (UK) enPR: kəm-pōzʹ, IPA ^(key): /kəmˈpəʊz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Verb

Plain form compose

Third-person singular composes

Past tense composed

Past participle composed

Present participle composing

1. If you compose something, then you create or write it.

   He decided to compose a symphony.

Related words

• composition
• composer