Meaning of composition | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of putting together; assembly.
   countable, uncountable
2. A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
   countable, uncountable
3. The organization of the parts of a work into a unified whole.
4. The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
   countable, uncountable
5. (of people) quiet and calm. She looked quite composed. bedaard, kalm, rustig, besadig هادئ، رابِط الجَأش сдържан composto klidný, vyrovnaný gelassen fattet; rolig ήρεμος, ήσυχοςsereno, tranquilo rahulik آرام؛ خوددار hillitty calmeשלו, שליו शान्त miran, smiren, pribran, priseban higgadt tenang stilltur, rólegur calmo 落ち着いた 차분한 ramus, santūrus mierīgs; savaldīgs; nosvērts tenang kalmrolig og fattetopanowany آرام sereno calm, stă­pânit спокойный pokojný miren pribran lugn, samlad สงบ sakin 泰然自若的...
6. The general makeup of a thing or person.
   countable, uncountable
7. a writer, especially of a piece of music. samesteller; lettersetter; komponis, toondigter, toonsetter مُؤَلِّف موسيقي композитор compositor skladatel, spisovatel der Komponist, der Dichter komponist συνθέτηςcompositor helilooja آهنگساز säveltäjä, kirjoittaja compositeur/-trice מלחין रचयिता skladatelj zeneszerző komponis tónskáld compositore 作曲家 작곡가 kompozitorius komponists penggubah lagu componistkomponist, forfatterkompozytor آهنگ جورونکی compositor compozitor композитор skladateľ, -ka sklad...
   especially
8. A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
   countable, uncountable
9. calmness. I admired her composure. bedaardheid, kalmte, rustigheid هُدوء، رباطَة جَأْش хладнокръвие compostura klid die Gelassenheit ligevægt; fatning αταραξίαcalma, compostura meelerahu خوشتن داری؛ آرامی rauhallisuus calme שלוה, שלווה धैर्य, आत्मसंयम mir, spokojnost, smirenost higgadtság ketenangan stilling, sjálfsstjórn calma, compostezza 沈着 차분함 ramumas, santūrumas nosvērtība; savaldība ketenangan kalmtefatning, ro opanowanie, spokój چيتيا، پټ خولتوب، غلي توب compostura calm спокойствие pok...
10. An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
11. composición, mezcla, compuesto.
12. A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
13. The combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole.
14. A payment of fine in order to settle a (usually minor) criminal charge.
    Singapore, countable, obsolete, uncountable
15. Arrangement of artistic parts so as to form a unified whole.
16. an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
    countable, uncountable
17. The art or act of composing a musical or literary work.
18. An essay.
    countable, uncountable
19. A short essay, especially one written as an academic exercise.
20. The formation of compound words from separate words.
    countable, uncountable
21. Law A settlement whereby the creditors of a debtor about to enter bankruptcy agree, in return for some financial consideration, usually proffered immediately, to the discharge of their respective claims on receipt of payment which is in a lesser amount than that actually owed on the claim.
    Law
22. A work of music, literature or art.
    countable, uncountable
23. Typesetting.
    countable, uncountable
24. Applying a function to the result of another.
    countable, uncountable
25. The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
    countable, uncountable
26. Consistency; accord; congruity.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
27. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
    countable, uncountable
28. The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
    countable, uncountable
29. Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Ste. What do'st thou know me for? Kent. A Knave, a Rascall, [...] one that would'st be a Baud in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a Kave, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, one whom I will beate in to clamours whining, if thou deny'st the least sillable of thy addition.”

“The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale.”

“And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.”

“John of Gaunt. O how that name befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old: Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast; And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?”

“It seemed that the milk of human kindness had not been left out of his composition.”

“Discussion acknowledged the Network's difficulty in transforming its mostly white composition into a more multi-racial organization.”

“It will stoope and yeeld upon better compositions to him that shall make head against it.”

“If the Duke, with the other dukes, come not to composition with the king of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king.”

“That now Sweno, the Norways’ king, craves composition: Nor would we deign him burial of his men Till he disbursed at Saint Colme’s inch Ten thousand dollars to our general use.”

“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.”

“[…] the Britons, by rendering the war thus bloody, seemed determined to cut off all hopes of peace or composition with the enemy.”

“He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition.”

“That all and every person and persons already convicted or prosecuted in order to conviction of recusancy […] shall be thenceforth exempted and discharged from all the penalties, seizures, forfeitures, judgments, and executions, incurred by force of any of the aforesaid Statutes, without any composition, fee, or further charge whatsoever.”

“Insidious death! should his strong hand arrest, No composition sets the prisoner free.”

“[…] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.”

“There is no composition in these news That gives them credit.”

“The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.”

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