COMPOSITION

n. 1 theme, essay, article, paper, story The teacher required each of us to write a thousand-word composition every week 2 combination, make-up, structure, form, assembly, set-up, organization, layout, arrangement, configuration, shaping; balance, harmony, proportion, placement, placing, construction Notice the composition of the various elements in this painting 3 combination, aggregate, mixture, compound, compounding, mix, formulation, formula, composite, amalgam, alloy, mélange, medley The medication was a composition of several odd ingredients 4 creation, origination, formulation, fashioning The composition of the opera was begun in 1837 5 make-up, constitution: What goes into the composition of brass?