verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compose a poem formal (= write a poem )
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He composed a poem in his head.
write/compose a song
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Do they write their own songs?
write/compose a tune
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They wrote many great tunes together in the 80s.
write/compose music
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He composed the music for the 'Lord of the Rings' films.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
entirely
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The second issue is that, if a household is composed entirely of students, it should be exempt.
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One is composed entirely of female whales who, when full grown, are one-third the bulk of an average male.
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The exhibition is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and features a moss garden composed entirely of local Ulster mosses.
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The Universe is composed entirely of waves.
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He made policy with the aid of an Executive Council which was composed entirely of senior officials.
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Federal Judge Kimba Wood disregarded an appeal by Milken's lawyer for a sentence composed entirely of community service.
largely
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These are composed largely of local councillors indirectly appointed by their local authority but not directly elected to these bodies.
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The region was bitter cold in winter and was composed largely of woodland tracts veined heavily with water.
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The tax base in the suburbs is largely composed of single-family residences.
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Morris resolved to complain to the board, which was composed largely of retired seamen.
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This group, so called because of the custom among its members of grease-painting their faces, was composed largely of non-commissioned officers.
mainly
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Kaolinite clays are mainly composed of the clay mineral kaolin.
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The money economy shook the foundations of a society composed mainly of lords and peasants.
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The Lizard complex is composed mainly of serpentinite with gabbro and metamorphosed basic rocks.
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The Stinkdolomit is composed mainly of dark, thinly bedded and dolomitised carbonate mudstones.
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All three are mainly composed of silica, but analysis reveals significant differences in other components.
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On March 6 Anand appointed an interim Cabinet composed mainly of businessmen and technocrats.
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The Island is composed mainly of red sandstone.
mostly
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The group is composed mostly of university professors, though of every persuasion from Keynesian to libertarian to Marxist.
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That meant learning their language, composed mostly of guttural noises, facial expressions, arm movements and gestures.
■ NOUN
church
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Goudimel seems to have composed no more Latin church music after he embraced Protestantism c. 1560.
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The Orthodox Church is composed of 23 self-governing churches that emerged from the Byzantine Empire.
face
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He held out his hand to his junior master and composed his face into a solemn expression of trust.
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I compose my face into a smile.
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They had composed their faces , but their eyes sparkled and their mouths yearned to smile.
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It is a face that masks emotion rather than displays it, a composed face, insular, a little haughty.
group
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The groups are usually composed of genetic kin, but not always.
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The band is certainly the oddity: a teenybop group composed of teenyboppers.
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The group is composed mostly of university professors, though of every persuasion from Keynesian to libertarian to Marxist.
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Midway through the summer Frye instructed the students to divide themselves into groups to plan and compose a narrative.
letter
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The trainee is expected to compose a letter and a memo from short notes provided.
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Tom began to compose his next letter to them.
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She began to compose a letter in her head, then rejected the idea.
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Me and my sore back composed a letter to Martina.
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Then he turned over the piece of paper and composed a letter to his wife, Olga.
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He'd have been better off getting them to help him compose a Dear Marje letter .
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Tom agreed but trying to compose the letter brought on one of his headaches.
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We now turn to the important business of composing appropriate letters .
member
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Our executive committee is composed of voluntary members and a part-time national officer.
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The Safety Board is composed of five members nominated for five-year terms by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
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The committee is composed of eight members representing oil, sewage, dredging, business and other dischargers.
music
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Pictures I wanted to paint, books I wanted to write, music I wanted to compose .
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A lot of harsh, dissonant music has been composed in the last 40 years.
poem
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And if you intend to compose your own poems , limericks or verses, a songwriter's rhyming dictionary would be invaluable.
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Presumably Mira is composing a poem , counting the syllables as she walks.
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In return he composed short poems of thanks.
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With Donald Crubach's help, he played the harp and sang, and started again to compose songs and poems .
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His movements were slow, his gaze abstracted, as if he were composing a poem in his head.
representative
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This informal guidance is given by the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee which is composed of representatives of government and media.
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It will meet in Vienna and be composed of the permanent representatives of the participating States. 19.
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HEPnet is managed by the HEPnet Technical Committee, which is composed of representatives from each participating country.
song
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They compose the songs on the spot.
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With Donald Crubach's help, he played the harp and sang, and started again to compose songs and poems.
speech
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Alternatively pick up a pen and a piece of paper and compose your own speech immediately after reading all these for inspiration.
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William Faulkner composed his Nobel Prize speech there.
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Words are composed by some speech carpenters and put in the box.
word
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On the whole, the Commission urges that new hymn tunes should be composed for new words , and viceversa.
■ VERB
begin
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She began to compose a letter in her head, then rejected the idea.
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Tom began to compose his next letter to them.
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In 1969 he began composing and writing music for his own occasional groups.
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Maggie began in a very composed manner.
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He also encouraged his wife, Carla Bley, to begin composing .
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From the moment she began composing in the early 1960s, Bley was an original with an extraordinary melodic flair.
seem
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The texts seem to have been composed as a result of work in and on language.
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For a man whose lover had been brutally murdered the night before he seemed cheerful and composed .
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Goudimel seems to have composed no more Latin church music after he embraced Protestantism c. 1560.
try
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I tried to compose my features into a combination of nonchalance and justification.
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I tried to sound composed , not to show courage but because I suddenly realized it was simply the only alternative.
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She raised a hand and fingered her heavy silver earrings, trying to compose herself.
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Tom agreed but trying to compose the letter brought on one of his headaches.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a song composed by Schubert
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Dario composes for a living.
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Glass composed the music for Cocteau's movie.
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I needed a quiet place to compose my thoughts.
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Mozart composed his first symphony when he was still a child.
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Olsen knows how to compose a visually interesting scene, but the script lets him down.
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Schumann was better at composing music than playing it.
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The children will now play some pieces that they composed themselves.
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The menu includes more than 60 small dishes from which you can compose a meal.
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The music was composed and performed by Keith Jarrett.
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These love poems are believed to have been composed by a poet at the court of King Henry II.
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Tom tried to compose a letter, but he couldn't concentrate.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A young moon shining on the cascading waters made them appear to be composed of drifting snow.
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He proposed a smaller army to be composed of better-trained and better-equipped soldiers.
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Language is richly composed of many references which set up a commonality of theme between different parts of text or speech.
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Microsoft Mail allows users to read, compose , forward or reply to electronic mail messages.
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The region was bitter cold in winter and was composed largely of woodland tracts veined heavily with water.
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The second section is the Review of Literature, and is composed of three major subheadings.