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English noun: composition | |||
| 1. | composition (attribute) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | ||
| Samples | Harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art. | ||
| Synonyms | composing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrangement, placement | ||
| 2. | composition (attribute) the way in which someone or something is composed | ||
| Synonyms | constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | genetic constitution, genotype, grain, karyotype, phenotype, structure, texture | ||
| 3. | composition (substance) a mixture of ingredients | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mixture | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ambrosia, beebread, compost, paste, soup | ||
| 4. | composition (communication) a musical work that has been created | ||
| Samples | The composition is written in four movements. | ||
| Synonyms | musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | music | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adagio, allegretto, allegro, andante, arrangement, bagatelle, canon, capriccio, divertimento, duet, duette, duo, etude, fantasia, idyl, idyll, incidental music, intermezzo, introit, larghetto, largo, medley, morceau, motet, movement, musical arrangement, musical passage, nocturne, notturno, octet, octette, passage, pastiche, pastoral, pastorale, potpourri, program music, programme music, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, realisation, realization, septet, septette, serenade, sestet, sextet, sextette, sheet music, solo, song, study, suite, symphonic poem, toccata, tone poem, trio, vocal | ||
| Part holonym | coda, finale | ||
| 5. | composition (act) musical creation | ||
| Synonyms | composing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creating by mental acts | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arrangement, arranging, realisation, realization, recapitulation, transcription | ||
| 6. | composition (act) the act of creating written works | ||
| Samples | Writing was a form of therapy for him. It was a matter of disputed authorship. | ||
| Synonyms | authorship, penning, writing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | verbal creation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adoxography, drafting, dramatisation, dramatization, fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization, historiography, lexicography, metrification, novelisation, novelization, redaction, versification | ||
| Domain category members | adopt, annotate, author, cite, co-author, compose, dash off, draft, dramatise, dramatize, fling off, footnote, ghost, ghostwrite, indite, knock off, outline, paragraph, pen, profile, reference, rewrite, scratch off, script, toss off, write, write about, write copy, write of, write on, write out, write up | ||
| 7. | composition (communication) art and technique of printing with movable type | ||
| Synonyms | typography | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | printing, printing process | ||
| 8. | composition (communication) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | ||
| Samples | He got an A on his composition. | ||
| Synonyms | paper, report, theme | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | essay | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | term paper | ||
| 9. | composition (artifact) something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole | ||
| Samples | He envied the composition of their faculty. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | paste-up | ||
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