comporre

(mettere in ordine) arrange

music compose

telecommunications comporre un numero dial a number

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comporre v.tr.

1 to compose, to make* up, to put* together: comporre un mazzo di fiori, to arrange flowers

2 (opera letteraria, musicale) to compose, to write*: comporre al pianoforte, to compose at the piano; comporre una poesia, to write a poem; comporre una sinfonia, to compose a symphony

3 (med., chim.) to compound

4 (assestare) to arrange, to settle, to put* in order: comporsi la cravatta, to straighten one's tie; comporsi i capelli, to fix one's hair // compose il corpo nella bara, he laid the body in the coffin

5 (conciliare) to settle; (fam.) to patch up: (dir.) comporre una lite, to settle a lawsuit

6 (tip.) to compose, to set*

7 (tel.) comporre (un numero ), to dial (a number): componi il 2708, dial 2708.

◘ comporsi v.rifl. to compose oneself, to settle oneself

◆ v.intr.pron. to consist (of), to be composed, to be made up (of): la sua famiglia si compone di..., his family consists of...; l'acqua si compone di ossigeno e idrogeno, water consists of oxygen and hydrogen.

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1. [kom'porre]

vb irreg vt

1) (creare: musica, poesia) to compose

ha composto la colonna sonora — he composed the soundtrack

essere composto da — to be composed of, consist of

la casa è composta da tre stanze — the house consists of three rooms

2) (mettere in ordine) to arrange

3) Telec to dial

alzare il ricevitore e comporre il numero — lift the receiver and dial the number

4) Tip to set

5) (Dir : vertenza) to settle

2. vip (comporsi)

comporsi di — to consist of, be composed of

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[kom'porre] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (costituire) to compose, to make* up, to form

l'appartamento è composto di... — the apartment comprises

2) (realizzare) to make* up, to arrange [mazzo di fiori]

3) lett. mus. to compose, to write* [canzone, musica, versi]

4) (digitare) to dial [numero]; to enter [codice]

5) tip. to compose, to set* (up), to typeset* [pagina, testo]

6) dir. (conciliare) to settle [lite]; to compose, to compromise AE [disaccordo]

7) (mettere in ordine) to tidy [capelli]

8) (per un funerale) to lay* out [corpo]

2.

verbo pronominale comporsi (essere costituito)

-rsi di — to be made up o composed of [elementi, persone]

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comporre

/kom'porre/ [73]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (costituire) to compose, to make* up, to form; l'appartamento è composto di... the apartment comprises...

 2 (realizzare) to make* up, to arrange [mazzo di fiori]

 3 lett. mus. to compose, to write* [canzone, musica, versi]

 4 (digitare) to dial [numero]; to enter [codice]

 5 tip. to compose, to set* (up), to typeset* [pagina, testo]

 6 dir. (conciliare) to settle [lite]; to compose, to compromise AE [disaccordo]

 7 (mettere in ordine) to tidy [capelli]

 8 (per un funerale) to lay* out [corpo]

II comporsi verbo pronominale

 (essere costituito) -rsi di to be made up o composed of [elementi, persone].