Talk:compose

Normally used in the passive vs. adjective
Compose and constitute are concerned with parts making up a whole. Compose is normally used in the passive, and constitute in the active: ''The team is composed of several experts in the field. The following commodities constitute the average household diet''. --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:17, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * ADJECTIVE be composed of something (formal): to be made or formed from several parts, things or people: The committee is composed mainly of lawyers. --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:18, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Compose in its musical/literary sense does have a passive, but the part/whole sense doesn't, *Brass is composed of/*by copper and zinc – and there is no understood by-phrase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprised_of#Syntax --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:17, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

In programming, regarding class composition
e.g. (at ) "a Car class can compose a Wheel one" or (seen on eliza.newhaven.edu) "A class A can compose another class, B". This seems a bit different from the everyday usage. Equinox ◑ 21:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)