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composition
  1. The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
  2. The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]
  3. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling. [16th-19th c.]
  5. (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
  6. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
  7. An essay. [from 16th c.]
  8. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
  9. A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
  10. (printing) Typesetting. [from 19th c.]
  11. (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
  12. (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
  13. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
  14. (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
  15. (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
  16. Synonyms:
  17. Examples:
    1. “The composition of the cake and the ingredients used in its fabrication will ultimately determine its shelf life.”
      “We could say that everything in a poet's life becomes integral to the composition of the poem.”
      “The exhibition will feature compositions by many of the great masters.”
composite
  1. A mixture of different components.
  2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  3. (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
  4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
  5. (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
  6. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Even more than the private corporation, it is a composite of huge numbers of individuals who bring to this sprawling nation their own distinctive pasts.”
composure
  1. Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.
  2. (obsolete) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
  3. (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
  4. (obsolete) frame; make; temperament
  5. (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Alyssa was trying to recover her composure after being informed of the terrible news.”
      “The Aberdonian somehow retained his composure to par the next nine holes before adding two birdies and a bogey.”
      “Only in a bruising period of the second half, when the game turned scrappy, did Hibs lose their composure and control.”
compo
  1. Abbreviation of composition.
  2. Abbreviation of competition.
  3. Abbreviation of compensation.
  4. Examples:
    1. “A few boxes of compo rations had been opened and some of the contents removed.”
      “Hard as stone and quite durable, compo soon became the material of choice for architects and designers working with restricted budgets.”
      “The slick staffers of the Green Zone were reduced to half rations and had to eat compo rations because the MSRs were shut.”
compositor
  1. A person who sets type; a typesetter.
  2. One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A former compositor, he is a lecturer at the London College of Printing where he teaches typography.”
      “Seamus started his own career as an apprentice compositor, during the days when all page make-up was in hot metal.”
      “A computer that follows blueprints like a machinist or makes up a newspaper page like a compositor could be described as a robot as well.”
composer
  1. One who composes; an author.
    1. Especially, one who composes music.
  2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The composer suggests that one of the middle notes could be taken by the nose but the acciaccatura that proceeds it would preclude this.”
      “He is an accompanist, songwriter and composer who works with choirs, vocal and ensembles.”
      “Surely this exquisite balance would have appealed to such a discerning composer.”
compositionalism
  1. (philosophy) The view that the meanings of propositions are determined independently of the terms of which they are composed
compositionist
  1. A teacher of composition (writing) at a university
  2. Examples:
    1. “The five paragraph theme is probably still the dominant model, even though it is politely dismissed by compositionist and rhetoricians.”
compositing
  1. construction of a composite image by combining multiple images and/or other elements.
compositionality
  1. The property of being compositional.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The main burden of this chapter is to argue against strict compositionality and for partial compositionality.”
      “Montague suggested a perspicuous way to capture the principle of compositionality formally.”
      “Other exceptions to compositionality are idioms, figures of speech, and expressions which are subject to pragmatic interpretations.”
compositionalist
  1. An advocate of compositionalism
compositeness
  1. The state or quality of being composite.
  2. Examples:
    1. “As a simple example of a certificate, the factors of a composite number provide a certificate of compositeness.”
      “More even than number, extension, shows the characteristics of compositeness, and of posteriority.”
      “This is not because they are negative in substance but because our minds first grasp composite things and only come to know simple things by denying compositeness of them.”
composedness
compositionalists
  1. plural of compositionalist
compositionists
  1. plural of compositionist
compositings
  1. plural of compositing
compositions
  1. plural of composition
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Gjuve basalts are generally more primitive and have a greater range of major element compositions than the Morgedal basalts.”
      “Two of the more expressive and powerfully structured compositions show the artist in three-quarter view, dramatically lit.”
      “These are some of the compositions even those adept at the art are chary of attempting.”
compositors
composites
composures
composers
  1. plural of composer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “We try to send composers recordings of any performances we give of their pieces, for demo and archive purposes.”
      “Some composers frequently add bracketed accidentals in order to clarify complicated passages or chords.”
      “Inverted dotting was also used by some 17th-century English composers, because it suits the accentuation of the English language.”
compos
  1. plural of compo
  2. Examples:
    1. “Even though anyone still living who saw them play is probably not adequately compos mentis to remember the occasion.”
      “Only 16.7 percent of them are non compos mentis, or, in football terms, nutty as a fruitcake.”
      “Lunacy is often the development of one idea, while, in other respects, the patient is compos mentis.”
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