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# composition

«composition» in Mova's school dictionary: **made of; its parts and how much of each (the composition…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (composition, uncountable; a composition, compositions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) What something is made of; its parts and how much of each (the composition of air). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#m1)

2) A piece of music, art or writing someone has created. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#m2)

3) A short school essay (UK, old-fashioned). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#m3)

4) The way the parts of a picture or photo are arranged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#m4)

5) In maths, putting two functions or shapes together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science: the composition of soil, air or rocks. In music and art: a composer writes compositions; composition in a photo. In maths: «decomposition» and «composition» of numbers (e.g. 25 = 20 + 5). Phrases: chemical composition, musical composition.

### examples

- Air's composition is mostly nitrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x1)
- Mozart wrote his first composition as a child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x2)
- Write a composition about your holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x3)
- The painting has a lovely composition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x4)
- The class studied the composition of soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x5)
- The composition of the team changed after the injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x6)
- "I have never heard a more beautiful composition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/composition/#x7)

### note

Verb: compose. Countable for a piece of work; uncountable for what something is made of. In science, composition is often given in percentages that add up to 100%.

### In the corpora

- [BY TOAD. (Composed by himself.)», and «OTHER COMPOSITIONS.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/27/)
- [Handwriting (presentation) and composition (what is written and how well) are different skills and are marked separately.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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