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Noun composition has 9 senses

composition - a mixture of ingredients
--₁ is a kind of mixture
--₁ has particulars: paste; beebread, ambrosia; compost; soup
constitution, composition, makeup - the way in which someone or something is composed
--₂ is a kind of property
--₂ has particulars:
structure; phenotype; genotype, genetic constitution; karyotype
composition, composing - the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
--₃ is a kind of placement, arrangement

musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
--₄ is a kind of music
--₄ has parts: finale, coda
--₄ has particulars:

Derived form: verb compose₂

composing, composition - musical creation
--₅ is a kind of creating by mental acts
--₅ has particulars:
arrangement, arranging, transcription; realization, realisation; recapitualtion

Derived form: verb compose₂
writing, authorship, composition, penning - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
--₆ is a kind of verbal creation
--₆ has particulars:
drafting; dramatization, dramatisation; fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation; metrification; novelization, novelisation; redaction; lexicography; versification

Derived form: verb compose₃
typography, composition - art and technique of printing with movable type
--₇ is a kind of printing, printing process
composition, paper, report, theme - an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
--₈ is a kind of essay; written assignment, writing assignment
--₈ has particulars: term paper; incidental music
composition - something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"
--₉ is a kind of creation
--₉ has particulars: paste-up