Composition

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.

Compare composition with other words:

alloy vs. composition

composition vs. disposition

composition vs. kill

composition vs. piffle

composition vs. lineup

composition vs. hemitropy

composition vs. pentastich

composition vs. paramorph

allomerism vs. composition

composition vs. heptastich

composition vs. metalline

composition vs. dramaturgic

composition vs. ordonnance

composition vs. fugato

composition vs. compositive

composition vs. diapente

composition vs. homogeneousness

composition vs. formulation

composition vs. decomposition

composed vs. composition

arrangement vs. composition

composition vs. mobile

capabilities vs. composition

composition vs. ingredient

combination vs. composition

composition vs. constituent

component vs. composition

compilation vs. composition

composition vs. rhetoric

composition vs. terzetto

composition vs. versifying

composition vs. inditement

composition vs. inelegance

composition vs. covariant

composition vs. petrology

composition vs. setter

caulk vs. composition

composition vs. metasomatism

composition vs. sonata

composition vs. incompatible

composition vs. remise

arabesque vs. composition

composition vs. structure

composition vs. creation

composition vs. construction

composition vs. invention

composition vs. tonality

composition vs. serenade

composition vs. rhyolite

composition vs. essayist

composition vs. temperament

composition vs. dramaturgy

composition vs. counterpoint

composition vs. confection

composition vs. texture

composition vs. divertimento

composition vs. transcription

composition vs. transcribe

composition vs. sampling

composition vs. sextet

composition vs. interlude

composition vs. lesson

composition vs. orchestration

composition vs. quintet

composition vs. heterogeneity

composition vs. histology

composition vs. monody

composition vs. epistle

composition vs. rhapsody

anthem vs. composition

composition vs. render

composition vs. tune

composite vs. composition

composition vs. typesetting

art vs. composition

composition vs. literature

composition vs. music

composition vs. work

composition vs. separate

composition vs. word

composition vs. formation

composition vs. essay

composing vs. composition

composition vs. result

composition vs. compound

composition vs. mixture

composition vs. debtor

composition vs. creditor

composition vs. compromise

composition vs. settling

composition vs. obligation

composition vs. liability

composition vs. truce

composition vs. hostilities

composition vs. treaty

agreement vs. composition

composition vs. makeup

composition vs. general

composition vs. whole

composition vs. part

composition vs. different

composition vs. proportion

composition vs. movement

composition vs. manuscript

composition vs. english

composition vs. miniature

composition vs. mineral

composition vs. transcript

composition vs. motet

composition vs. idyll

chined vs. composition

arrange vs. composition

composition vs. lance

composition vs. composure

composition vs. nome

composition vs. ode

composition vs. evolution

composition vs. evolve

composition vs. quartet

composition vs. duet

author vs. composition

composition vs. selenology

composition vs. stratum

compose vs. composition

composition vs. drama

composition vs. score

composition vs. homogeneous

composition vs. requiem

composition vs. metre

composition vs. instrumental

composition vs. constitution

composition vs. song

composition vs. design

accompany vs. composition