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recomposition

recomposition

6.7
Making a new version of something by changing its parts or structure
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
translation icon : recomposición
  • The strike signaled a "recomposition" of the country's trade-union movement.

Everything like the cloth is in the process of of decomposition, recomposition and being discarded.

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Examples

  • A programming language must encourage recomposition—grabbing parts of other programs, assembling them together, modifying them, building on top of them.

    Blog text (10)
  • Right, increased anti-Americanism, the rejection of multiculturalism, and the fragmentation and recomposition of political blocs.

    Academic text (2006)
  • So the recomposition of the playing field is dramatized in some sense through that imperfect command of the English language.

  • HyperCard was designed for recomposition, and is perhaps still unsurpassed in that respect.

    Blog text (10)
  • Everything like the cloth is in the process of of decomposition, recomposition and being discarded.

  • Designing a system that supports recomposition demands long and careful thought, and design decisions that make programming more convenient for individuals may be detrimental to social creation.

    Blog text (10)
  • Recomposition—how do I glue pieces together?

    Blog text (10)
  • Despite this increasing political and social activism on the part of the church, the State tolerated the organizational and structural recomposition of the Church, leaving the anticlerical constitutional articles, a 'legal fiction,' unaltered as a preventative measure.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The recomposition of the team allowed for a fresh approach to the project's challenges.

  • In music class, the students enjoyed the recomposition of popular songs into new arrangements.

Synonyms

reconfiguration
vsrecomposition
5 5.6

A change in the way things are arranged to make them work better

centres on composing or forming again, not just reorganizing parts
recasting
vsrecomposition
1 5.6

Changing the words of a sentence to say it more clearly

aims at composing or forming anew rather than only altering words
refabrication
vsrecomposition
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Making something again after taking it apart or after damage

covers forming again more broadly, not limited to physical rebuilding
rearticulation
vsrecomposition
7.5

Expressing an idea again in a new, clearer way

focuses on creating or putting parts together again rather than restating
reimagination
vsrecomposition
6.5

A new version of something old that changes its form or style

emphasizes recreating structure or composition rather than pure imagination

How Thorough

to overhaul
35 4.6
recomposition
6.7
reworking
4 3.9
revision
94 2.9
adjustment
133 2.9

Surface Forms

recomposition singular

Morphology

recomposition = recompose (transparent) = re + compos + ition

This is a regular action noun built transparently from the verb 'recompose' with the suffix '-ition'.

Etymology

Recomposition is built from re- 'again' and compose 'to put together', so it simply means to put something together in a new way. That's why changing a committee or a company structure is called a recomposition — you are forming it again differently.