Composition
noun ·4 syllables ·Top 500 ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The act of putting together; assembly. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of creating written works wordnet
- 3 A mixture or compound; the result of composing. countable, uncountable
"Ste. What do'st thou know me for? Kent. A Knave, a Rascall, [...] one that would'st be a Baud in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a Kave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, one whom I will beate in to clamours whining, if thou deny'st the least sillable of thy addition."
- 4 musical creation wordnet
- 5 The proportion of different parts to make a whole. countable, uncountable
"And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord."
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- 6 something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole wordnet
- 7 The general makeup of a thing or person. countable, uncountable
"John of Gaunt. O how that name befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old: Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?"
- 8 the way in which someone or something is composed wordnet
- 9 A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task. countable, uncountable
- 10 the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole wordnet
- 11 An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"It will stoope and yeeld upon better compositions to him that shall make head against it."
- 12 an essay (especially one written as an assignment) wordnet
- 13 A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition."
- 14 art and technique of printing with movable type wordnet
- 15 A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.; A payment of fine in order to settle a (usually minor) criminal charge. Singapore, countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 16 a musical work that has been created wordnet
- 17 an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor. countable, uncountable
- 18 a mixture of ingredients wordnet
- 19 An essay. countable, uncountable
- 20 The formation of compound words from separate words. countable, uncountable
- 21 A work of music, literature or art. countable, uncountable
"[…] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb."
- 22 Typesetting. countable, uncountable
- 23 Applying a function to the result of another. countable, uncountable
- 24 The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force. countable, uncountable
- 25 Consistency; accord; congruity. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"There is no composition in these news That gives them credit."
- 26 Synthesis as opposed to analysis. countable, uncountable
"The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition."
- 27 The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture. countable, uncountable
- 28 Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind."
Etymology
From Middle English composicioun, borrowed from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, compositiōnem.