compose

Other forms of compose

past tense

composed·

present participle

composing·

third person

composes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about compose

What does compose mean?

compose means "form the substance of". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in compose?

compose has 2 syllables: com-pose. The stress falls on "pose". In IPA it is /kəmˈpoʊz/.

What is another word for compose?

Close synonyms include write, write, pen, indite, compile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compose a common word?

compose is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with compose?

13 words rhyme with compose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.