composition

noun compositions

1. countable, uncountable The act of putting together; assembly.
2. countable, uncountable A mixture or compound; the result of composing. Ste. What do'st thou know me for? Kent. A Knave, a Rascall, [...] one that would'st be a Baud in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a Kave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, one whom I will beate in to clamours whining, if thou deny'st the

   Similar: composite

3. countable, uncountable The proportion of different parts to make a whole. And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
4. countable, uncountable The general makeup of a thing or person. John of Gaunt. O how that name befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old: Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?

   Similar: configuration

5. countable, uncountable A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
6. countable, obsolete, uncountable An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. It will stoope and yeeld upon better compositions to him that shall make head against it.
7. countable, obsolete, uncountable A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition.
8. Singapore, countable, obsolete, uncountable A payment of fine in order to settle a (usually minor) criminal charge.
9. countable, uncountable an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
10. countable, uncountable An essay.
11. countable, uncountable The formation of compound words from separate words.
12. countable, uncountable A work of music, literature or art. […] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.
13. countable, uncountable Typesetting.
14. countable, uncountable Applying a function to the result of another.
15. countable, uncountable The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
16. countable, obsolete, uncountable Consistency; accord; congruity. There is no composition in these news That gives them credit.
17. countable, uncountable Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.
18. countable, uncountable The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
19. countable, uncountable Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
20. countable, uncountable The characters, roles, weapons, etc. being used by a team. team composition

Similar: constitution, blend, melange, arrangement, composition, format, form, makeup, structure