Antonyms for composing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhm-pohz |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpoʊz |
Definition of composing
Origin :- c.1400, compousen, from Old French composer "put together, arrange, write" a work (12c.), from com- "with" (see com-) + poser "to place," from Late Latin pausare "to cease, lay down," ultimately from Latin ponere "to put, place" (see position (n.)). Meaning influenced in Old French by componere (see composite). Musical sense is from 1590s. Related: Composed; composing.
- verb be part of construction
- verb create writing, artwork, or music
- verb calm, bring under control
- His wife followed his example, composing this poem as she died.
- Extract from : « The Garden of Bright Waters » by Various
- A clyster which I have had the pleasure of composing myself.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Schetki has sent me the song set to a fine air of his composing.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- I did not believe her, and composing myself as well as I could, sat down.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Composing himself, he turned to the girl again with a deprecatory smile.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- He kept the groom waiting a full hour while composing his answer.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- The composing influence of the morphia had not yet left her.
- Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
- I paced up and down the whole time, composing speeches to the jury.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- She sighed again, and went back to the lecture she was composing.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- In point of fact I was, while composing it, saturated with the mood of song.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
Synonyms for composing
- adjust
- allay
- appease
- arrange
- assuage
- author
- balm
- bang out
- be an adjunct
- be an element of
- be made of
- becalm
- belong to
- build
- cast
- check
- clef
- coin a phrase
- collect
- comfort
- comp
- compound
- comprise
- conceive
- consist of
- console
- constitute
- construct
- contain
- contrive
- control
- cook up
- cool
- design
- devise
- discover
- draw up
- dream up
- ease
- ease up
- enter in
- fabricate
- fashion
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- fudge together
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- go into
- hold in
- imagine
- indite
- invent
- knock off
- knock out
- lessen
- let up
- lull
- make
- make up
- merge in
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- note down
- orchestrate
- originate
- pacify
- pen
- placate
- poetize
- produce
- push pencil
- put down
- put pen to paper
- quell
- quiet
- re-collect
- reconcile
- regulate
- rein
- relax
- repress
- resolve
- restrain
- score
- scribble
- script
- set type
- set up
- settle
- simmer down
- slacken
- smother
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- still
- suppress
- temper
- time
- tranquilize
- tune down
- turn out
- whip up
- write
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