Noun

• S: (n) composition, composing (the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole) "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) composing, composition (musical creation)

Verb

• S: (v) compose (form the substance of) "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
• S: (v) compose, write (write music) "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
• S: (v) write, compose, pen, indite (produce a literary work) "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
• S: (v) compose, compile (put together out of existing material) "compile a list"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet) "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
• S: (v) frame, compose, draw up (make up plans or basic details for) "frame a policy"