composition

composition is a 11-letter English word with 21 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
5. noun. The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
6. noun. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
7. noun. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
8. noun. 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.
9. noun. Consistency; accord; congruity.
10. noun. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
11. noun. 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.
12. noun. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
13. noun. the act of creating written works

    "writing was a form of therapy for him"

    "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

    Synonyms: authorship, penning, writing

14. noun. musical creation

    Synonyms: composing

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

    "he envied the composition of their faculty"

16. noun. the way in which someone or something is composed

    Synonyms: constitution, makeup

17. 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"

    Synonyms: composing

18. noun. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

    "he got an A on his composition"

    Synonyms: paper, report, theme

19. noun. art and technique of printing with movable type

    Synonyms: typography

20. noun. a musical work that has been created

    "the composition is written in four movements"

    Synonyms: opus, piece

21. noun. a mixture of ingredients

Synonyms

authorship, penning, writing, composing, constitution, makeup, paper, report, theme, typography, opus, piece

Common word forms

compositions, compositional

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