Definition of Composing

1. Noun. The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole. "Harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"

Exact synonyms: Composition
Generic synonyms: Arrangement, Placement

2. Noun. Musical creation.
Exact synonyms: Composition
Generic synonyms: Creating By Mental Acts
Specialized synonyms: Arrangement, Arranging, Transcription, Realisation, Realization, Recapitulation
Derivative terms: Compose, Compose

Definition of Composing

1. a. Tending to compose or soothe.

Definition of Composing

1. Verb. (present participle of compose) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Composing

1. compose [v] - See also: compose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Composing

comports
compos
compos mentis
compos mentis(p)
composability
composable
compose
composed
composedly
composedness
composednesses
composer
composerly
composers
composes
composing (current term)
composing stick
composite
composite board insulation
composite bow
composite built
composite dental cement
composite function
composite functions
composite graft
composite joint
composite laminate
composite material
composite materials
composite number

Literary usage of Composing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Cos. of foreign countries; table showing various items composing liabilities, ... Same; showing various items composing income of said cos. during yr. endg. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"General Arrangement of the Parts composing the Cerebrum. ... The fifth ventricle is the interval left between the two layers composing the septum lucidum. ..."

3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... who shall be styled circuit judge, who, during his term of office, shall reside in one of the counties composing the circuit for which he may be elected ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"He who has obtained the absolute majority of the suffrages of the electors composing a college, is immediately proclaimed deputy by the president. 28. ..."

5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"The acquisition of the patches of territory composing Simla District dates ... From one or other of these, the plots now composing the little District of ..."

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