Word: composition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English composicioun, borrowed from Old French composicion, from Latin compositiō, compositiōnem. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/, /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, /ˌkɔmpəˈzɪʃən/ 1. The act of putting together; assembly. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale. 3. The proportion of different parts to make a whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. 4. The general makeup of a thing or person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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? Example: It seemed that the milk of human kindness had not been left out of his composition. 5. A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It will stoope and yeeld upon better compositions to him that shall make head against it. Example: If the Duke, with the other dukes, come not to composition with the king of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king. 7. A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition. Example: That all and every person and persons already convicted or prosecuted in order to conviction of recusancy […] shall be thenceforth exempted and discharged from all the penalties, seizures, forfeitures, judgments, and executions, incurred by force of any of the aforesaid Statutes, without any composition, fee, or further charge whatsoever. 8. A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. Labels: Singapore, countable, obsolete, uncountable 9. an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. An essay. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The formation of compound words from separate words. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A work of music, literature or art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb. 13. Typesetting. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. Applying a function to the result of another. Labels: countable, uncountable 15. The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. Consistency; accord; congruity. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. 17. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. 18. The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture. Labels: countable, uncountable 19. Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones. Labels: countable, uncountable 20. The characters, roles, weapons, etc. being used by a team. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: team composition Example: weapon composition