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| n. (attribute) | 1. composing, 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" |
| ~ placement, arrangement | the spatial property of the way in which something is placed.; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. composition, constitution, make-up, makeup, physical composition | the way in which someone or something is composed. |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ karyotype | the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes). |
| n. (substance) | 3. 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 | any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency. |
| ~ ambrosia, beebread | 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. |
| ~ soup | any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup. |
| n. (communication) | 4. composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ musical arrangement, arrangement | a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments. |
| ~ realisation, realization | a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer. |
| ~ coda, finale | the closing section of a musical composition. |
| ~ 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 musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment). |
| ~ duette, duet, duo | a musical composition for two performers. |
| ~ trio | a musical composition for three performers. |
| ~ quartette, quartet | a musical composition for four performers. |
| ~ quintet, quintette | a musical composition for five performers. |
| ~ sextet, sestet, sextette | a musical composition written for six performers. |
| ~ septette, septet | a musical composition written for seven performers. |
| ~ octette, octet | a musical composition written for eight performers. |
| ~ bagatelle | a light piece of music for piano. |
| ~ divertimento, serenade | a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form. |
| ~ canon | a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts. |
| ~ etude | a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity. |
| ~ idyl, pastoral, pastorale, idyll | 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 | a short section of a musical composition. |
| ~ movement | a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.; "the second movement is slow and melodic" |
| ~ 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 | a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected. |
| ~ 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 | (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully).; "they played the adagio too quickly" |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ study | a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique.; "a study in spiccato bowing" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ incidental music | music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes. |
| n. (act) | 5. composing, composition | musical creation. |
| ~ creating by mental acts | the act of creating something by thinking. |
| ~ arranging, transcription, arrangement | the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music. |
| ~ realisation, realization | the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer. |
| ~ recapitulation | (music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement). |
| n. (act) | 6. authorship, composition, penning, writing | the act of creating written works.; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" |
| ~ 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 | writing a first version to be filled out and polished later. |
| ~ dramatisation, dramatization | conversion into dramatic form.; "the play was a dramatization of a short story" |
| ~ fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization | writing in a fictional form. |
| ~ historiography | the writing of history. |
| ~ metrification | writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition). |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ indite, pen, write, compose | produce a literary work.; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" |
| ~ write about, write of, write on | write about a particular topic.; "Snow wrote about China" |
| ~ profile | write about.; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" |
| ~ paragraph | write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher. |
| ~ dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off | write quickly.; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" |
| ~ rewrite | rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose.; "re-write a play for use in schools" |
| ~ write copy | write for commercial publications.; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" |
| ~ dramatise, dramatize, adopt | put into dramatic form.; "adopt a book for a screenplay" |
| ~ draft, outline | draw up an outline or sketch for something.; "draft a speech" |
| ~ author | be the author of.; "She authored this play" |
| ~ co-author | be a co-author on (a book, a paper). |
| ~ ghostwrite, ghost | write for someone else.; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" |
| ~ annotate, footnote | add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments.; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" |
| ~ reference, cite | refer to.; "he referenced his colleagues' work" |
| ~ write out, write up | put into writing; write in complete form.; "write out a contract" |
| ~ script | write a script for.; "The playwright scripted the movie" |
| n. (communication) | 7. composition, typography | art and technique of printing with movable type. |
| ~ printing process, printing | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. |
| n. (communication) | 8. composition, paper, report, theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment).; "he got an A on his composition" |
| ~ essay | an analytic or interpretive literary composition. |
| ~ term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. composition | something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole.; "he envied the composition of their faculty" |
| ~ creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. |
| ~ paste-up | a composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing.; "they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket" |
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