Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for composition. Search instead for bildkompositionen.
Definitions

composition

[kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

With roughly one in five voters still undecided, the final composition of the next parliament remains uncertain.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The top half of the composition, which is related to Martínez Celaya’s family history, has been shown in small scale at the National Museum of Fine Arts in his native Cuba.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

To prove plagiarism, Mattie Music Group would have to prove that Dean and her co-writers had previously heard Withers' original composition.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Wei Shen, an assistant professor at Columbia University and body composition researcher, said lean mass shouldn’t be equated with muscle, because it includes other non-fat tissues in addition to muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

When I hand in my composition, Sister Mary Joseph reads it over, marking pencil in hand.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Livia’s students perform a kind of greatest hits of the novel’s signal compositions, each one emphasizing something different and intimately revealing in their playing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Warner’s agreement with Suno, for example, lets artists opt in to having their names, likenesses, voices and compositions used in AI-generated music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Earth and the Moon have remarkably similar compositions, something that giant impact models have long struggled to fully explain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

A New Englander deeply influenced by his reading of the Transcendentalists, Ives went into the insurance business while continuing to compose music, though his compositions weren’t widely performed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Still, decisions about crescendos and decrescendos, tempo, and score reading have to be made, but there are endless possibilities for vocalizing and playing these child-centered compositions.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




Vocabulary lists containing composition


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training