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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Combine together to form = compose

[transitive not in progressive] formal to combine together to form something [= make up]:

More than 17.6 million firms compose the business sector of our economy.

I am sorry about dragging out the question but I would like to know if to combine together to form something can replace compose for the same meaning like

More than 17.6 million firms combine together to form the business sector of our economy.

How does it sound? Both sentences are fine to use and they mean the same to you?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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How does it sound? The meanings are the same, but—again—definitions are not intended to be placed into identical sentences. Definitions are sets of words intended to help the reader arrive at an understanding of a word's meaning.

  • How does it sound?
  • The meanings are the same, but—again—definitions are not intended to be placed into identical sentences.
  • Definitions are sets of words intended to help the reader arrive at an understanding of a word's meaning.
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Hans51I would like to know if to combine together to form something can replace compose for the same meaning likeMore than 17.6 million firms combine together to form the business sector of our economy.How does it sound?
The meanings are the same, but—again—definitions are not intended to be placed into identical sentences. Definitions are sets of words inten

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