composition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole

   We envied the composition of their faculty.

2. 2
   noun

   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

3. 3
   noun

   an essay, especially one written as an assignment

   The student received excellent comments on their composition.

4. 4
   noun

   a musical work that has been created

   the composition is written in four movements

5. 5
   noun

   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 least sillable of thy addition.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   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?

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

From Middle English composicioun, borrowed from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, compositiōnem.