Sample Sentences for
composition
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composition as in:  the composition of the audience

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    It is a composition of 70% copper and 30% zinc.
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    It changed the chemical composition of the oil.  (source)
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    They were her countrywomen: and the beef and ale of their native land, with a moral diet not a whit more refined, entered largely into their composition.  (source)
    composition = makeup
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    You will write me an essay on the correct composition of this potion, indicating how and why you went wrong, to be handed in next lesson, do you understand?  (source)
    composition = creation
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    In this case, the composition of one would counteract the other.  (source)
    composition = something made up from different parts
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    'Before we begin today's lesson,' said Snape, sweeping over to his desk and staring around at them all, 'I think it appropriate to remind you that next June you will be sitting an important examination, during which you will prove how much you have learned about the composition and use of magical potions.'  (source)
    composition = creation
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    Therefore, the proposed Constitution is not completely national or federal, but a composition of both: Its foundation is federal.  (source)
    composition = something put together from different parts
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composition as in:  an original composition

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    After months of refining, the band finally recorded their first composition.
    composition = original musical work
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    Mozart wrote the composition in four movements.
    composition = musical work
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    Now I was lucky to get a D on a composition.  (source)
    composition = written essay
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    "Hermione, let me read your composition," said Ron desperately, checking his watch.  (source)
    composition = essay
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ition" often changes a verb into a related noun. This is the same pattern seen in words like addition, partition, and definition.
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    When I was thirteen, the fountain pen went with me to the Annex, and together we've raced through countless diaries and compositions.  (source)
    compositions = things written
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    On the reverse side was a handwritten composition: "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" by Turtle Wexler.  (source)
    composition = essay
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    Over the next half hour, Langdon showed them slides of artwork by Michelangelo, Albrecht Dürer, Da Vinci, and many others, demonstrating each artist's intentional and rigorous adherence to the Divine Proportion in the layout of his compositions.  (source)
    compositions = the way a creative work was put together
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    "You understand that if they don't have those books to study from, I'll have to fail them in both reading and composition, since I plan..."  (source)
    composition = writing
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    We wrote compositions.  (source)
    compositions = essays
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    I was trying to decide between "You Send Me" and an original composition, "I'm Your Poetry God, Baby," when a voice yelled, "HEY!"  (source)
    composition = written work
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    But today he could not seem to get in the mood necessary for such compositions.†  (source)
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    "A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect," roared the Humbug, waving his cane furiously.  (source)
    composition = careful selection (to write)
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    It is a private regret of mine that his compositions are still almost unknown in the western world.†  (source)
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