{
    "term": "compose",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "compose",
            "heSheIt": "composes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "composed",
        "pastParticiple": "composed",
        "ingForm": "composing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to write music",
            "sensetop": "compose (something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died."
                },
                {
                    "text": "music specially composed for the occasion"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["specially"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to write a letter, etc. usually with a lot of care and thought",
            "sensetop": "compose a letter/speech/poem",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She composed a letter of protest."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["specially"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to combine together to form a whole",
            "sensetop": "compose something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ten people compose the committee."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "make up"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to manage to control your feelings or expression",
            "sensetop": "compose yourselfcompose something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Emma frowned, making an effort to compose herself.",
                    "contextForm": "compose yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.",
                    "contextForm": "compose something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊz/",
                "audio": "co/compose/compose__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊzɪz/",
                "audio": "co/compose/composes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊzd/",
                "audio": "co/compose/composed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/compose/composing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊz/",
                "audio": "co/compose/compose__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊzɪz/",
                "audio": "co/compose/composes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊzd/",
                "audio": "co/compose/composed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/compose/composing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the general sense ‘put together, construct’): from Old French composer, from Latin componere, from com- ‘together’ + ponere ‘put’, but influenced by Latin compositus ‘composed’ and Old French poser ‘to place’."
}