Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for composition. Search instead for zugkomposition.
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:

Tina Tallon, a professor of artificial intelligence and music composition at The Ohio State University, explains that a "click track" features clicks or beeps such as a metronome, or other cues to capture rhythm.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

A composition by Rubén Fuentes and Alberto Cervantes, the song wasn’t just another lilting ranchera from the 1950s — that much was clear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

A July trip to Target to get everything on her list — among the items, two packs of wired headphones, Band-Aids, eight folders and four composition notebooks — cost about $230.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Writers have always had to break the spell of composition to inspect their creation’s seams.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

As a last touch, she slipped in a tiny caterpillar or “summer bird” to help bring her composition to life.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

In one sense, he was selling himself short: “Revolver” featured three Harrison compositions, a glut of new material that included “Taxman,” “Love You To” and “I Want to Tell You.”

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

"Things like spatial distributions of the bones and their surfaces, down to elemental compositions and proteins trapped in ancient cells."

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

By Ma Rainey’s own testimony, she’d picked up on and incorporated into her compositions blues lines she’d heard used by wandering folk musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Last cycle, seven states had their most expensive judicial elections ever, including Montana and Kentucky, states with partisan compositions more like Kansas.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

When I was thirteen, the fountain pen went with me to the Annex, and together we’ve raced through countless diaries and compositions.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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