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Composing

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Arranging 76% connected

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Realization 76% connected

The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

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Recapitulation 76% connected

The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, a…

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Transcription 76% connected

The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

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Compose 74% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Compose 74% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Composition 92% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Agate line noun · 78% connection

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

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Aperture noun · 78% connection

an man-made opening; usually small

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Art noun · 78% connection

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

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Artist noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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Artistry noun · 78% connection

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

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Artwork noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Bill noun · 78% connection

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

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Branding noun · 78% connection

the act of stigmatizing

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Camera noun · 78% connection

equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

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Card noun · 78% connection

a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

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Color noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Coloring noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Colour noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Colouring noun · 78% connection

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different…

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Control grid noun · 78% connection

an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube

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Creative person noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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Design noun · 78% connection

a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

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Documentary adjective · 78% connection

(of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

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Accord verb · 78% connection

To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or contro…

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Alliterate verb · 78% connection

To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examinati…

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Ancestry noun · 78% connection

A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

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Bard noun · 78% connection

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic ach…

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Compact verb · 78% connection

To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

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Compile verb · 78% connection

To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or…

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Compone verb · 78% connection

To compose; to settle; to arrange.

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Composed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Compose

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Compound verb · 78% connection

To compose; to constitute.

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Consopite verb · 78% connection

To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose.

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Constituent adjective · 78% connection

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Constitute verb · 78% connection

To make up; to compose; to form.

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Constitutive adjective · 78% connection

Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.

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Couple adjective · 78% connection

One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

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Dictate verb · 78% connection

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

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Draft verb · 78% connection

To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

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