Composition
[kɒmpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑmpə'zɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; 'he envied the composition of their faculty'.
(noun.) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; 'harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art'.
(noun.) an essay (especially one written as an assignment); 'he got an A on his composition'.
(noun.) a mixture of ingredients.
Typist: Rosanna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
(n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
(n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
(n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
(n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
(n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
(n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
(n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
(n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.
(n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
(n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.
(n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Constitution, formation, making.[2]. Compound, mixture.[3]. Union, conjunction, combination.[4]. Writing, literary work.[5]. Compromise, agreement.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Compound, conformation, structure, mixture, combination, compromise,adjustment, settlement, commutation
ANT:Analysis, segregation, examination, criticism, discussion, disturbance,aggravation, perpetuation
Editor: Samantha
Examples
- Another way to make the composition is to soak over night in cold water best gelatine or glue 1 part, and the excess of water poured off. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- However the parts may differ in shape or size, their structure and composition are in general the same. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Nor was Mrs. Weller behind-hand in doing justice to the composition. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Whatever marks the place of its existence either must be extended, or must be a mathematical point, without parts or composition. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It seems natural to conclude from this, that water and air were ingredients in their original composition; for men cannot make new matter of any kind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There were no really new _motifs_ in the composition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I will not ask your opinion of it as a composition, said Edward. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Rent, it is to be observed, therefore, enters into the composition of the price of commodities in a different way from wages and profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Some artists prefer to work directly on the stone with a camel's hair pencil, or with a composition called lithographic chalk. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It is more difficult to speak well than to compose well; that is, the rules and trick of composition are oftener an object of study. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Where is the author who can be indifferent to the genuine unhackneyed praise bestowed on his own composition? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Please to excuse the faults of this composition--my talking so much of myself, and being too familiar, I am afraid, with you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the early part of the Nineteenth Century there were but few improvements in either the composition or manufacture of gunpowder. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On scrutiny they proved to be French compositions, written in a hand peculiar but compact, and exquisitely clean and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And again: Nothing can be more perfectly and beautifully adapted to its object than most of the moral compositions of Dr. Franklin. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But he fed that furnace and he melted his different compositions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She kept his copy-books, his drawings, and compositions, and showed them about in her little circle as if they were miracles of genius. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Inventions in the field of medicine consist chiefly in those innumerable compositions and compounds which have resulted from chemical discoveries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We have in vain pored over the leaves of Mr. Pickwick's note-book, in the hope of meeting with a general summary of these beautiful compositions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He turned his attention afterwards to music; and it was in his attempts to devise some means of printing his compositions economically that he chanced to discover the art of Lithography. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Some of the later books are frankly post-captivity compositions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of the most interesting and informing of these prehistoric compositions of the Aryans survives in the Greek _Iliad_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many substitutes in the form of compositions of various ingredients have been devised and patented, but no real substitute for nature’s product has yet been found. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The soul, I said, being, as is now proven, immortal, must be the fairest of compositions and cannot be compounded of many elements? Plato. The Republic.
- It is true, that such slight compositions might not suit the severer genius of our friend Mr Oldbuck. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Margie