COMPOSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does composing mean? 

• COMPOSING (noun)
  The noun COMPOSING has 2 senses:

1. the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

2. musical creation

  Familiarity information: COMPOSING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPOSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

composing; composition

Context example:

harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art

Hypernyms ("composing" is a kind of...):

arrangement; placement (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Musical creation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

composing; composition

Hypernyms ("composing" is a kind of...):

creating by mental acts (the act of creating something by thinking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "composing"):

arrangement; arranging; transcription (the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music)

realisation; realization (the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer)

recapitulation ((music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement))

Derivation:

compose (write music)

 Context examples 

E-mail is short for "electronic mail" and refers to composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems.

(E-mail, NCI Thesaurus)

The broad, dorsal, upper, and widest of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis.

(Ilium, NCI Thesaurus)

The concept also refers to the examination and study of a whole in terms of the parts composing it.

(Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

“I am afraid,” said he, composing his features, “I am very much afraid, my dear Emma, that you will not smile when you hear it.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Marmee said I might come, and I don't think you're any the worse for it, said Jo, composing herself, though she kept her eyes on the door.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Here I have been composing my soul to do without it, and here you are vexing me with your vain suggestions.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The surgeon gave him a composing draught and ordered us to leave him undisturbed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Neptune is currently in your communication sector, so if you have been working on a creative project that involves writing an imaginative novel or screenplay, composing music, or directing your talents to costume design, dance, painting, theatrical lighting, or any of the creative arts, you will find your ideas start to tumble forth like diamonds falling from the tip top of your head, straight onto the papers you are working on.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)