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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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    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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    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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    '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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    "Hermione, let me read your composition," said Ron desperately, checking his watch.  (source)
    composition = essay
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    Now I was lucky to get a D on a composition.  (source)
    composition = written 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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    We wrote compositions.  (source)
    compositions = essays
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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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    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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    "Well, yes," agreed the Count with a laugh, "it is a lovely composition."  (source)
    composition = musical work
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    But today he could not seem to get in the mood necessary for such compositions.†  (source)
    compositions = things created -- typically works of music or writing; or acts of creating such work; or the structures of such work
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    The professor discussed the composition, the brushstrokes, the history.  (source)
    composition = work of art
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    They were proud of me because Masterji said I wrote the best English compositions, and they had me translate instruction manuals and write school or job applications.†  (source)
    compositions = things created -- typically works of music or writing; or acts of creating such work; or the structures of such work
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