COMPOSITION


Meaning of COMPOSITION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmpəzɪʃ(ə)n ]

( compositions)

1.

When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.

Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions...

Forests vary greatly in composition from one part of the country to another.

= make-up

N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp , oft N of n

2.

The compositions of a composer, painter, or other artist are the works of art that they have produced.

Mozart’s compositions are undoubtedly amongst the world’s greatest.

N-COUNT

3.

A composition is a piece of written work that children write at school.

= essay

N-COUNT

4.

Composition is the technique or skill involved in creating a work of art.

He taught the piano, organ and composition...

N-UNCOUNT

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.