What is the meaning of composing?

noun

• The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole.
  • usage: "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
  • synonyms: composition
• Musical creation.
  • synonyms: composition

verb

• Form the substance of.
  • usage: "Greed and ambition composed his personality"
  • synonyms: compose
• Write music.
  • usage: "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
  • synonyms: compose, write
• Produce a literary work.
  • usage: "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
  • synonyms: write, compose, pen, indite
• Put together out of existing material.
  • usage: "compile a list"
  • synonyms: compose, compile
• Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet.
  • usage: "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
  • synonyms: compose
• Make up plans or basic details for.
  • usage: "frame a policy"
  • synonyms: frame, compose, draw up