composition

/ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/ noun

Definition

PARTS [U] › the parts, substances, etc that something consists of: the composition of the atmosphere

MUSIC [C] › a piece of music that someone has written: The children played their own compositions in the concert.

WRITING MUSIC [U] › the process or skill of writing music: He taught composition at Yale.

WRITING [C, U] › a short piece of writing about a particular subject, done by a student

ARRANGEMENT [U] › the way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph

(Definition of composition noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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