See Also: Composition(finance)
Composition(medicine)
Composition(money)
composition(dictionary)
Composition Settlement(law)
COMPOSITION OF MATTER(law)
COMPOSITION, contracts(law)
Composition - Gymnastics(gambling)
modeling composition(medicine)
base composition(medicine)

composition (oh)



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1 ?parts/members?
2 ?music/writing?
3 ?picture?
4 ?writing at school?
5 ?printing?
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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin compositio, from compositus; COMPOSITE1]
?PARTS/MEMBERS?
[U and C] the way in which something is made up of different parts, things, or members
-see also compose compose composition of
::The composition of the group that is studied depends on the interests of the researcher.
::Some minerals have complex chemical compositions.
?MUSIC/WRITING?
a) [C] a piece of music, a poem, or a piece of writing
-see also compose compose, composer composer
::a composition by jazzman Dave Brubeck, called 'Chromatic Fantasy'
::a mixture of traditional songs and original compositions
b) [U] the art or process of writing pieces of music, poems etc
::The Journals contain accounts of literary composition.
?PICTURE?
[U and C] the way in which the different parts that make up a photograph or picture are arranged
::Martin starts by lightly sketching in the compositions for his paintings.
?WRITING AT SCHOOL?
[C] a short piece of writing about a particular subject, that is done at school
-synonym essay essay
::I had to write a composition about the Royal visit.
?PRINTING?
[U] technical the process of arranging words, pictures etc on a page before they are printed
-- compositional adj