[
  {
    "word": "compose",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259m\u02c8p\u0259\u028az/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259m\u02c8p\u0259\u028az/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259m\u02c8po\u028az/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/compose-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769863",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make something by merging parts.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make up the whole; to constitute.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A church is composed of its members."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To comprise.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It's difficult to compose without absolute silence."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "constitute",
          "form"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compose"
    ]
  }
]