recomposeverb
/ˌriː.kəmˈpəʊz//ˌriː.kəmˈpoʊz/recompose verb (PRODUCE ART)
[ T ] to produce a piece of music, poetry, or formal writing in a different way:
He recomposed some folk songs for his wife.
It was like listening to Schubert recomposed by Ligeti.
More examples
- Composers spend a lot of time recomposing what they have written before.
- They recomposed some of the poems as they transcribed them.
- The sounds are constantly being deconstructed and recomposed by the other performers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Writing, reading & studying music
- compose
- composition
- follow
- harmonize
- music
- music-making
- musical
- musicology
- orchestrate
- pentatonic scale
- setting
- sheet music
- sight-read
- sol-fa
- songwriter
- tone-deaf
- transpose
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Writing & typing
recompose verb (BECOME CALM)
[ I or T ] also recompose yourself to make yourself calm again after being angry or upset:
He struggled to recompose himself.
She recomposed and carried on with her speech.
More examples
- She felt a cold chill moving up her spine, but she recomposed herself.
- The policeman said he had to "recompose himself" after the confrontation.
- When you have recomposed yourself, you should continue with your performance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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