Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To compose or construct again.

    to dissolve and recompose a substance

  2. (transitive)To bring (oneself) back to a state of calm.

Origin

From re + compose; semantically partly borrowed from Latin recompōnō.

From re + compose; semantically partly borrowed from Latin recompōnō.

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Forms

recomposes, recomposing, recomposed, recomposed
Base formrecompose · to recompose
3rd person singularrecomposes
Present participlerecomposing
Past simplerecomposed
Past participlerecomposed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecompose
he, she, itrecomposes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecomposed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recomposed
he, she, ithas recomposed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recompose

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrecomposition

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
recollectionB2recommendB1recommendationB2reconcileC2reconciliationC2reconfirmreconnaissance
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