Definition of compositions Compositions
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What does compositions mean?
Wiktionary 
- compositions (Noun)
Plural of composition.
Part of speech
🔤- compositions, noun, plural of composition.
WordNet
NounPlural: compositions |
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| composition - a mixture of ingredients | ||
| mixture (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) | ||
| paste an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard | ||
| beebread, ambrosia a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae | ||
| compost a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | ||
| composition - something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty" | ||
| creation (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence | ||
| composition - an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" | ||
| paper, report, theme | ||
| essay a tentative attempt | ||
| composition - the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" | ||
| composing | ||
| composition - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
| musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| morceau a short literary or musical composition | ||
| sheet music a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" | ||
| musical arrangement, arrangement a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | ||
| realisation, realization something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work" | ||
| coda, finale the concluding part of any performance | ||
| intermezzo a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera | ||
| allegro a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner | ||
| allegretto a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro | ||
| andante a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow | ||
| introit a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services | ||
| solo a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied | ||
| duette, duo, duet a musical composition for two performers | ||
| trio a musical composition for three performers | ||
| quartette, quartet a musical composition for four performers | ||
| quintette, quintet a musical composition for five performers | ||
| sextette, sestet, sextet a rhythmic group of six lines of verse | ||
| septette, septet a musical composition written for seven performers | ||
| octette, octet a musical composition written for eight performers | ||
| bagatelle a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over | ||
| divertimento, serenade a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form | ||
| canon a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired | ||
| etude a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity | ||
| pastorale, idyl, idyll, pastoral a musical composition that evokes rural life | ||
| toccata a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style | ||
| fantasia a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes | ||
| musical passage, passage the act of passing from one state or place to the next | ||
| movement the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel" | ||
| largo (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner | ||
| larghetto (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio | ||
| suite apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | ||
| symphonic poem, tone poem an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales | ||
| medley, pastiche, potpourri a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | ||
| nocturne, notturno a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) | ||
| adagio a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers | ||
| vocal, song the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" | ||
| study a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study" | ||
| capriccio an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation | ||
| motet an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century | ||
| program music, programme music musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events | ||
| composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" | ||
| writing, authorship, penning | ||
| verbal creation creating something by the use of speech and language | ||
| adoxography fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers" | ||
| drafting the craft of drawing blueprints | ||
| dramatisation, dramatization a dramatic representation | ||
| fictionalisation, fictionalization, fabrication a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | ||
| historiography the writing of history | ||
| metrification the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds | ||
| novelisation, novelization converting something into the form of a novel | ||
| redaction the act of putting something in writing | ||
| lexicography the act of writing dictionaries | ||
| versification the art or practice of writing verse | ||
| composition - the way in which someone or something is composed | ||
| constitution, physical composition, makeup, make-up | ||
| property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" | ||
| structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | ||
| phenotype what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment | ||
| genetic constitution, genotype the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism | ||
| texture, grain the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread"; "sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" | ||
| composition - musical creation | ||
| composing | ||
| creating by mental acts the act of creating something by thinking | ||
| arranging, transcription, arrangement a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording) | ||
| realisation, realization something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work" | ||
| composition - art and technique of printing with movable type | ||
| typography | ||
| printing process, printing the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution | ||
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Wiktionary
- composition (Noun)
The proportion of different parts to make a whole. - composition (Noun)
The general makeup of something. - composition (Noun)
An agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor. - composition (Noun)
A mixture or compound; the result of composing. - composition (Noun)
An essay. - composition (Noun)
A work of music, literature or art.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- composition (n.)
The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. - composition (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. - composition (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. - composition (n.)
The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. - composition (n.)
The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. - composition (n.)
The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. - composition (n.)
A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. - 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. - composition (n.)
Consistency; accord; congruity. - composition (n.)
Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. - composition (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. - composition (n.)
Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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composition
The way in which a certain structure, organism etc. is built. -
composition
The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
Wikipedia 
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The word "composition" is used in literature, drama and poetry means the way that words are put together.
Musical composition means putting notes together to make a piece of music.
The word "composition" is used in art to mean the way that colors or shapes are put together.
It is also used in mathematics and science in a number of ways, all meaning "putting things together". -
music
In music the word composition can be used in two ways.
A composition is a piece of music (the word "composition" means "putting together", so a composition is something where music notes have been put together). When a composer writes a piece of music he or she is composing a musical composition.
The word "composition" can also mean: learning the skill of how to compose. Music students may go to music college to study composition. They will do this by looking at famous pieces of music to see how the composers of the past wrote music. They will study musical form, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint and learn about all the instruments and how to write well for them so that it sounds nice.
Part of speech
🔤- composition, noun, singular of compositions.
