Composition
noun
The way something is put together or arranged.
The composition of this painting is brilliant.
Often appears as...
- artistic composition
- musical composition
noun
A piece of music, a painting, or a piece of writing created by someone.
Beethoven's compositions are still adored by music lovers.
Often appears as...
- classical composition
- contemporary composition
noun
The process or skill of writing music.
He took lessons in composition and began to compose.
Often appears as...
- music composition
- song composition
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Academic
noun
The elements or materials that something is made of.
The label gives a list of the ingredients and their composition.
Often appears as...
- chemical composition
- material composition
noun
An agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to pay the other.
The company reached a composition with its creditors.
Often appears as...
- debt composition
- creditor composition
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Formal
Technical
noun
The way something is put together or arranged.
The composition of this painting is brilliant.
Often appears as...
- artistic composition
- musical composition
noun
A piece of music, a painting, or a piece of writing created by someone.
Beethoven's compositions are still adored by music lovers.
Often appears as...
- classical composition
- contemporary composition
noun
The process or skill of writing music.
He took lessons in composition and began to compose.
Often appears as...
- music composition
- song composition
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The elements or materials that something is made of.
The label gives a list of the ingredients and their composition.
Often appears as...
- chemical composition
- material composition
noun
An agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to pay the other.
The company reached a composition with its creditors.
Often appears as...
- debt composition
- creditor composition
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Balance
Used to describe the visual stability and harmony in artworks or design.
The composition of the photograph gave it a sense of balance.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Visual
Also used for the organization of written or spoken ideas.
The composition of her essay was clear and logical.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Balance
Used to describe the visual stability and harmony in artworks or design.
The composition of the photograph gave it a sense of balance.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Visual
Also used for the organization of written or spoken ideas.
The composition of her essay was clear and logical.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Balance
Used to describe the visual stability and harmony in artworks or design.
The composition of the photograph gave it a sense of balance.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Visual
Also used for the organization of written or spoken ideas.
The composition of her essay was clear and logical.
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that could have sustained life. We get to shoot a laser at the rock. Now why did we do that? Instead of having to go over and touch every rock and taste every rock... like we said before, we can actually fire the laser at the rock, burn the surface of the rock and look at the gas that comes off. And from that gas we can see what the chemical composition of that rock is.
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The Smallest Bones in...
bearing and twisting it was simply shatter but whereas these little bones are protected deep with inside the skull by being very hard allows them to transfer and conduct sound perfectly so the chemical composition of bone and the way the three ossicles work together
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Uranus 101 PIPE National...
is a worldwide ocean of ices made of water, ammonia, and methane, the chemical behind the planet's cool blue color. This icy composition prevents Uranus from emitting much heat compared to other planets, making the blue world the solar system's coldest.
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Mars 101 PIPE National...
a rocky composition at the center of the planet is a core made of iron nickel and sulphur which may have created a protective magnetic field during Mars's earlier years enveloping the core is a rocky mantle made of silicate minerals
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Why the buildings of the...
We throw out historical symbols, we rely on new, computer-aided design techniques, and we come up with new compositions, forms crashing into forms. This is academic and heady stuff, it's super unpopular, we totally alienate you.
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The complex geometry of...
an underlying grid. Invisible, but essential to every pattern, the grid helps determine the scale of the composition before work begins, keeps the pattern accurate, and facilitates the invention of incredible new patterns.
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Let your eyes do the...
qualities and mood instead much as I work with sounds and compositions so on one hand we have the abstract world of music that fully engages our brains and on the other we have abstract imagery that mystifies us
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
a drawn curtain often emphasizes the separation. We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us. We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings
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What would happen if...
The chemical composition of our bronze sculptures keeps them recognizable for over 10 million. And buried deep underground, the remnants of cities built on floodplains
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
of course in composition phase the whole circle of life isn't it
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The Curious Life of a...
that could have sustained life. We get to shoot a laser at the rock. Now why did we do that? Instead of having to go over and touch every rock and taste every rock... like we said before, we can actually fire the laser at the rock, burn the surface of the rock and look at the gas that comes off. And from that gas we can see what the chemical composition of that rock is.
Video examples
The Smallest Bones in...
bearing and twisting it was simply shatter but whereas these little bones are protected deep with inside the skull by being very hard allows them to transfer and conduct sound perfectly so the chemical composition of bone and the way the three ossicles work together
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Uranus 101 PIPE National...
is a worldwide ocean of ices made of water, ammonia, and methane, the chemical behind the planet's cool blue color. This icy composition prevents Uranus from emitting much heat compared to other planets, making the blue world the solar system's coldest.
Video examples
Mars 101 PIPE National...
a rocky composition at the center of the planet is a core made of iron nickel and sulphur which may have created a protective magnetic field during Mars's earlier years enveloping the core is a rocky mantle made of silicate minerals
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
We throw out historical symbols, we rely on new, computer-aided design techniques, and we come up with new compositions, forms crashing into forms. This is academic and heady stuff, it's super unpopular, we totally alienate you.
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
an underlying grid. Invisible, but essential to every pattern, the grid helps determine the scale of the composition before work begins, keeps the pattern accurate, and facilitates the invention of incredible new patterns.
Video examples
Let your eyes do the...
qualities and mood instead much as I work with sounds and compositions so on one hand we have the abstract world of music that fully engages our brains and on the other we have abstract imagery that mystifies us
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
a drawn curtain often emphasizes the separation. We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us. We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings
Video examples
What would happen if...
The chemical composition of our bronze sculptures keeps them recognizable for over 10 million. And buried deep underground, the remnants of cities built on floodplains
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
of course in composition phase the whole circle of life isn't it
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Stan Lee
American Writer
My mother was the greatest mother in the world. She thought I was the greatest thing on two feet. I'd come home with a little composition I had written at school, and she'd look at it and say, 'It's wonderful! You're another Shakespeare!' I always assumed I could do anything. It really is amazing how much that has to do with your attitude.
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John Philip Sousa
American Musician
Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?
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James Nasmyth
Scottish Inventor
From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.
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Kip Winger
American Musician
The main thing is that I've been studying composition for the last four years. I'd say it's the life experience combined with the lessons that enabled me to go much further.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
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Heywood Broun
American Journalist
People who come up through life or literature the hard way must inevitably carry their scars with them into composition.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German Composer
And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.
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Ilaiyaraaja
Indian Musician
I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.
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Arthur Murphy
Irish Writer
Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
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Bruno Latour
French Scientist
The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics.
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Stan Lee
American Writer
My mother was the greatest mother in the world. She thought I was the greatest thing on two feet. I'd come home with a little composition I had written at school, and she'd look at it and say, 'It's wonderful! You're another Shakespeare!' I always assumed I could do anything. It really is amazing how much that has to do with your attitude.
Quote examples
John Philip Sousa
American Musician
Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?
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James Nasmyth
Scottish Inventor
From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.
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Kip Winger
American Musician
The main thing is that I've been studying composition for the last four years. I'd say it's the life experience combined with the lessons that enabled me to go much further.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
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Heywood Broun
American Journalist
People who come up through life or literature the hard way must inevitably carry their scars with them into composition.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German Composer
And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.
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Ilaiyaraaja
Indian Musician
I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.
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Arthur Murphy
Irish Writer
Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
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Bruno Latour
French Scientist
The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics.
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