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
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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