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   Com·po·si·tion

   /ˌkämpəˈziSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up: "the social composition of villages" Similar makeupconstitutionconfigurationstructureconstructionconformationformationformframeworkfabricanatomyarrangementorganizationformatlayoutinformal:setup
   • ▪ the action of putting things together; formation or construction: "the composition of a new government was announced"
   • ▪ a thing composed of various elements: "a theory is a composition of interrelated facts"
   • ▪ mental constitution; character: archaic "persons who have a touch of madness in their composition"
   • ▪ a compound artificial substance, especially one serving the purpose of a natural one: "composition flooring" Similar mixturecompoundamalgamblendmixadmixture
   • ▪ the formation of words into a compound word.
   • ▪ the successive application of functions to a variable, the value of the first function being the argument of the second, and so on: "composition of functions, when defined, is associative"
   • ▪ the process of finding the resultant of a number of forces: "the composition of forces"
   • 2. a work of music, literature, or art: "Chopin's most romantic compositions" Similar work of artworkcreationliterary/musical/artistic workopusoeuvrepiecearrangementpoemnovelplaydramasymphonyconcertooperapaintingdrawingpicture
   • ▪ the action or art of producing a work of music, literature, or art: "the technical aspects of composition" Similar writingcreationdevisingmaking upthinking upframingformulationproductionfashioningoriginationinventionconcoctioncompilation
   • ▪ an essay, especially one written by a school or college student: "we had a class composition, “My Best Friend”" Similar essaypaperarticletextstudypiece of writingtasktheme
   • ▪ the artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture: "spoiling the composition of many of the pictures" Similar arrangementdispositionlayoutdesignorganizationconstructionproportionsharmonybalancesymmetry
   • 3. the preparing of text for printing by setting up the characters in order: "an external contractor providing computerized composition and typesetting"
   • 4. a legal agreement to pay an amount of money in lieu of a larger debt or other obligation: "he had been released by deed on making a composition with the creditors"
   • ▪ an amount of money paid under a legal agreement: "Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compositio(n-), from componere ‘put together’.

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   the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole. the resulting state or product. manner of being composed; structure: This painting has an orderly composition. makeup; constitution: His moral composition was impeccable. an aggregate material formed from two or more substances: a composition of silver and tin.

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   Any mixture of ingredients can be called a composition. Geologists study the composition of the earth: what it's made of and how it formed. Definitions of composition. noun. the way in which someone or something is composed. synonyms: constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition. see more.

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