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Composition

ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃn

Composition definitions
noun
composition compositions
  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"

    • the action of putting things together; formation or construction

      "the composition of a new government was announced in November"

    • a thing composed of various elements

      "a theory is a composition of interrelated facts"

    • mental constitution; character

      "persons who have a touch of madness in their composition"

    • a compound artificial substance or material

      "composition tiles"

    • 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 creative work, especially a poem or piece of music

    "Chopin's most romantic compositions"

    work of art work creation literary/musical/artistic work opus oeuvre piece arrangement
    • the action or art of producing a creative work such as a poem or piece of music

      "the technical aspects of composition"

    • an essay, especially one written by a school or college student

      "we had a class composition, ‘My Best Friend’"

    • the artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture

      "none of the other photographs shared this particular composition"

  3. the preparation of text for printing by setting up characters or by establishing its style and appearance electronically

    "an external contractor providing computerized composition and typesetting"

  4. a legal agreement to pay a sum in lieu of a larger debt or other obligation

    "he had been released by deed on making a composition with the creditors"

    • a sum paid in lieu of a larger debt

      "Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions"