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Etymology

From Middle French composition, from Latin compositiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular composition

Plural compositions

composition (plural compositions)

  1. The combining of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
  2. The general makeup of something. [from 14th c.]
  3. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th-19th c.]
    • 1630, John Smith, True travels, in Kupperman 1988, p. 50:
      with an incredible courage they advanced to the push of the Pike with the defendants, that with the like courage repulsed [...], that the Turks retired and fled into the Castle, from whence by a flag of truce they desired composition.
  4. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
  5. An essay. [from 16th c.]
  6. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
  7. A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
  8. (printing) typesetting. [from 19th c.]

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