"composing" meaning in English

See composing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/ [General-American], /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-composing.ogg Forms: more composing [comparative], most composing [superlative]
enPR: kəm-pōzʹĭng [General-American] Head templates: {{en-adj}} composing (comparative more composing, superlative most composing)
  1. Conducive of a composed state, relaxing.
    Sense id: en-composing-en-adj-KaB0P72G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26

Verb

IPA: /kəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/ [General-American], /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-composing.ogg
enPR: kəm-pōzʹĭng [General-American] Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} composing
  1. present participle and gerund of compose Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: compose
    Sense id: en-composing-en-verb-h0j7NKJD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
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