Verb
compose -
write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
write
create ,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem" ; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music" ; "Picasso created Cubism" ; "Auden made verses"
music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
counterpoint write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"
set to music write (music) for (a text)
arrange ,
set arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule" ; "set up one's life" ; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
score make underscoring marks
melodise ,
melodize supply a melody for
harmonise ,
harmonize bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
instrumentate ,
instrument address a legal document to
compose -
put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
compile
make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends" ; "make enemies"
cobble together ,
cobble up put together hastily
anthologise ,
anthologize compile an anthology
catalog ,
catalogue make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"
compose -
calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
quiet ,
tranquilize ,
tranquillise ,
tranquillize ,
calm down ,
lull ,
quieten ,
calm ,
still become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
compose -
form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
comprise ,
constitute ,
make up ,
be ,
represent form or compose; "This money is my only income" ; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance" ; "These constitute my entire belonging" ; "The children made up the chorus" ; "This sum represents my entire income for a year" ; "These few men comprise his entire army"
compose -
produce a literary work; "She composed a poem" ; "He wrote four novels"
write ,
pen ,
indite
create verbally create with or from words
penning ,
authorship ,
writing ,
composition the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"
write out ,
write up make out and issue; "write out a check" ; "cut a ticket" ; "Please make the check out to me"
draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
lyric write lyrics for (a song)
write about ,
write of ,
write on write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"
profile represent in profile, by drawing or painting
paragraph write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
paragraph write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher
write off concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"
fling off ,
scratch off ,
dash off ,
toss off ,
knock off write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper" ; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"
rewrite write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"
write copy write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"
dramatise ,
dramatize ,
adopt represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"
draft ,
outline draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
poetise ,
poetize ,
versify ,
verse familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"
author be the author of; "She authored this play"
footnote ,
annotate add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"
reference ,
cite refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"
write out ,
write up make out and issue; "write out a check" ; "cut a ticket" ; "Please make the check out to me"
script write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
compose -
make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
frame ,
draw up
plan make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"
