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# composite

«composite» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made of several different parts or kinds joined together** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (composite); noun (composites)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made of several different parts or kinds joined together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composite/#m1)

2) A thing made by joining many parts, such as a picture built from several pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composite/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a story or picture put together from many versions

### examples

- The tale is a composite of three old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composite/#x1)
- Our class made a composite picture from all our drawings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composite/#x2)
- Make a composite of the two versions and compare them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composite/#x3)

### note

in maths a «composite number» is a whole number with more factors than 1 and itself, such as 8 or 9; so a composite number is not prime

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «composite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.