compositionnoun
uk/ˌkɒm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌkɑːm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/composition noun (MUSIC/ART)
B2 [ C ] a piece of music that someone has written:
This concerto is one of her earlier/later compositions.
C2 [ U ] the process or skill of writing music:
At music school I studied piano and composition.
C2 [ C ] the way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph:
a group composition
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- fantasia
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- polka
- reel
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- symphony
- trio
- tune
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composition noun (PIECE OF WRITING)
B1 [ C or U ] old-fashioned a short piece of writing about a particular subject, done by a student:
a 200-word composition
composition noun (FORMED FROM)
C2 [ U ] the parts, substances, etc. that something is made of:
the composition of the atmosphere
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Comprising and consisting of
- be
- compose
- comprise
- consist in sth
- consist of sth
- constituent
- constitute
- constitution
- constitutive
- form
- from
- make
- make up
- make up sth
- of