Results for composition

Definitions of composition:

part of speech: noun

The act of composing; the thing composed; any mass or body formed by combining together two or more substances; combining ideas or thoughts, arranging them in order, and committing them to writing; a book written by an author; any union, combination, or disposition of parts; the payment of a part only of a debt in lieu of the full debt; the sum so paid; synthesis as opposed to analysis.

part of speech: noun

The union of different things or principles to make a whole; the act or art of writing a literary or musical work; the work written; a piece written for practice in the use of language; make- up, as of a picture; the setting up of type; an agreement, as to settle a dispute; compromise.

Usage examples for composition:

• The attempt to apply them to the composition of certain groups was real, though timid. "A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1", Georges Perrot Charles Chipiez

• Somebody talked of happy moments for composition and how a man can write at one time, and not at another. "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.", James Boswell

• He took immense care with the composition of that brief letter to the landlord. "Here and Hereafter", Barry Pain