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composition

composition

35 3.5
A piece of music or writing made by someone
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
translation icon : composición
  • Presentations: Students perform their compositions for peers and reflect on the final product.
  • a musical composition
  • a music composition
  • an original composition

You know, you could have as detailed A composition as you like.

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Examples

  • Some vocal solo contests list required compositions that can be used with any vocal range.

    Academic text (1991)
  • For new music teachers and undergraduates in training, leading any improvisation or composition activity can feel intimidating.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It just, I think it's the composition of the music that makes me feel so at home.

  • In this unit, students work in small groups to create original compositions using a form of their choice.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The title for the composition was "Why We Like Principal Jeffries."

  • Girls, continue with your compositions.

  • One of the biggest benefits of composition instruction is that you've written a piece of music.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The mixed-gender groups had high ratings for their compositions and had high levels of collaboration.

    Academic text (2015)
  • You know, they say, yeah, when Mozart presented his composition of music, one of his masterpieces, to the Archduke of Austria.

  • For our last act of the show, Stanley Minor will sing a composition that he wrote himself.

Synonyms

report
vscomposition
1.3

A written or spoken account that gives information about something

is the general creative product term, not mainly informational accounts
piece
vscomposition
3.0

A creative work such as a song, painting or article

is the general created work term covering such single items
paper
vscomposition
999 2.8

A written report that gives research results

is the wider created work term, not just academic texts
piece of music
vscomposition
22 1.8

A musical work like a song or music played by instruments

is broader, covering all types of created works not only songs
theme
vscomposition
22 3.5

A short school essay on a particular topic

is the broader created work term, not just student essays
opus
vscomposition
22 8.1

A musical work that a composer writes and often numbers

is the general created work term not limited to named outputs
artistic creation
vscomposition
1 3.9

A work that shows skill and feeling, like a painting or sculpture

is the general product term rather than the creative act itself
literary composition
vscomposition
5.2

A piece of creative writing that shows thoughts and feelings, like a novel or poem

applies broadly to created works, not only imaginative writing
dramatic composition
vscomposition
6.5

A written work like a play created to be performed by actors on stage, television, or film

is the broader created work label, not only performable scripts

Compounds

A piece of music written by a composer

The parts that make up a person or thing and how they are arranged

A puzzle with chess pieces that asks you to find the right move

The activity of making and solving chess puzzles for skill and art

composition board
  • Specialized
6.5

A stiff, thick paper used for making covers or mounting pictures

A written work like a play created to be performed by actors on stage, television, or film

A piece of creative writing that shows thoughts and feelings, like a novel or poem

How Developed

masterpiece
156 3.8
composition
35 3.5
draft
  • Specialized
245 3.7
note
1.0

Surface Forms

composition singular
compositions plural

Morphology

composition = compose (transparent) = compose + ion

A clear nominalization of 'compose' yielding the product or resulting work; learners can readily infer this from the verb.

Etymology

Composition comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and ponere 'to put'. A composition as a piece of music or writing is something someone has 'put together', much like a composer who creates a song or poem.