Antonyms for composition
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kom-puh-zish-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən |
Definition of composition
Origin :- late 14c., "action of combining," also "manner in which a thing is composed," from Old French composicion (13c., Modern French composition) "composition, make-up, literary work, agreement, settlement," from Latin compositionem (nominative compositio) "a putting together, connecting, arranging," noun of action from past participle stem of componere (see composite). Meaning "art of constructing sentences" is from 1550s; that of "literary production" (often also "writing exercise for students") is from c.1600. Printing sense is 1832; meaning "arrangement of parts in a picture" is from 1706.
- noun structure, arrangement
- noun written or musical creation
- Handel, in one species of composition, wrote down to the singers of his time.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- My hunger I could never satisfy with any amount of composition or extemporization of my own.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It is an inordinate paragraph, outraging all known rules of composition!
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- The composition of poultry is very similar to that of meats.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- (a) How does the composition of poultry compare with that of meat?
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The summer was devoted to the composition of Belshazzar, for which Jennens had supplied the libretto.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- When it fails, it is in consequence of some peculiarity in the composition of the ink.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- There was very little of the slave in the composition of either.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Through an opening in the curtain I gazed on the composition of this assembly.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- He gradually improved in drawing, colouring, and composition.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
Synonyms for composition
- agreement
- architecture
- arrangement
- article
- balance
- beauty
- cantata
- chart
- combination
- concerto
- concord
- configuration
- consonance
- constitution
- content
- design
- dissertation
- distribution
- drama
- essay
- exercise
- exposition
- fiction
- form
- formation
- getup
- harmony
- layout
- literary work
- make-up
- manuscript
- melody
- music
- novel
- number
- opus
- paper
- piece
- placing
- play
- poetry
- proportion
- relation
- rhapsody
- rhythm
- romance
- score
- setup
- short story
- song
- spacing
- stanza
- study
- style
- symmetry
- symphony
- theme
- thesis
- tune
- verse
- weave
- work
- writing
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