composition (noun)
1: a mixture of ingredients
2: the way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, makeup]
3: the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" [syn: composing]
4: a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" [syn: musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music]
5: musical creation [syn: composing]
6: the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" [syn: writing, authorship, penning]
7: art and technique of printing with movable type [syn: typography]
8: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: paper, report, theme]
9: something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"