composition
- composition
- [[t]kɒ̱mpəzɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]]
compositions
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N-UNCOUNT: usu with
supp, oft N of
n When you talk about the
composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions...
Forests vary greatly in composition from one part of the country to another.
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2) N-COUNT The compositions of a composer, painter, or other artist are the works of art that they have produced.
Mozart's compositions are undoubtedly amongst the world's greatest.
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3) N-COUNT A composition is a piece of written work that children write at school.
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4) N-UNCOUNT Composition is the technique or skill involved in creating a work of art.
He taught the piano, organ and composition...
The course is designed to help students with colour and composition.
5) N-UNCOUNT Composition is the act of composing something such as a piece of music or a poem.
These plays are arranged in their order of composition.
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composition — [ kɔ̃pozisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe au sens I; de composer I ♦ Action de composer. 1 ♦ (1365) Action, manière de former un tout en assemblant plusieurs parties, plusieurs éléments. ⇒ agencement, arrangement, assemblage, combinaison, constitution,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
composition — COMPOSITION. s. fém. Action de composer quelque chose. Être occupé à la composition d une machine, d unouvrage. f♛/b] Il se prend aussi pour l Ouvrage même qui résulte de cette action de composer, pour l assemblage de plusieurs parties qui ne… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
composition — Composition. s. f. v. Assemblage de plusieurs parties. La composition de l Univers. la composition d une machine. les ressorts qui entrent dans la composition d une machine, toutes les parties qui entrent dans la composition du corps humain.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Composition — Com po*si tion, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Composition — may refer to: Composition (logical fallacy), in which one assumes that a whole has a property solely because its various parts have that property Compounding is also known as composition in linguistic literature in computer science Object… … Wikipedia
composition — @ composition deed An agreement embodying the terms of a composition between a debtor and his creditors @ composition of matter In patent law, a substance composed of two or more different substances, without regard to form. A mixture or chemical … Black's law dictionary
composition — @ composition deed An agreement embodying the terms of a composition between a debtor and his creditors @ composition of matter In patent law, a substance composed of two or more different substances, without regard to form. A mixture or chemical … Black's law dictionary
Composition No. 1 — Studio album by LA Symphony Released 1999/2003 … Wikipedia
Composition — steht für Programme Composition Manager Computerprogramm, Porter Duff Composition Begriff aus der Computergrafik. Distributed Feature Composition (DFC) Architektur zur Beschreibung und Implementierung von Telekommunikationsdiensten Gemische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
composition — com·po·si·tion n: an agreement between an insolvent debtor and several creditors whereby partial payment of the debts discharges in full the original obligations compare accord, compromise Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… … Law dictionary
Composition B — Composition B, colloquially comp B , is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. It is used as the main explosive filling in artillery projectiles, rockets, land mines, hand grenades, sticky bombs and various other… … Wikipedia
