composition

US: /ˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃən/
UK: /kˌɒmpəzˈɪʃən/

English Vietnamese dictionary

composition /,kɔmpə'ziʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự hợp thành, sự cấu thành
    • cấu tạo, thành phần
      • to study the composition of the soil: nghiên cứu thành phần của đất
    • phép đặt câu; phép cấu tạo từ ghép
    • sự sáng tác; bài sáng tác, tác phẩm
      • one of Bethoven's most famous compositions: một trong những bài sáng tác nổi tiếng nhất của Bi-tô-ven
    • bài viết, bài luận (ở trường)
    • sự sắp xếp, cách bố trí (trong một bức hoạ...)
    • (ngành in) sự sắp chữ
    • sự pha trộn, sự hỗn hợp
    • ((thường) định ngữ) chất tổng hợp (giả cẩm thạch, giả ngà...)
      • composition billiars-ball: những hòn bi a bằng chất tổng hợp giả ngà
    • tư chất, bản chất, tính, tâm tính
      • there is a touch of madness in his composition: tính hắn hơi tàng tàng
    • sự thoả thuận đình chiến, sự thoả hiệp
      • to come to composition: đi đến một thoả hiệp
    • sự điều đình; sự khất (nợ)
      • to make a composition with the creditor: điều đình xin khất chủ nợ

Advanced English dictionary

+ noun
1 [U] the different parts which sth is made of; the way in which the different parts are organized: the chemical composition of the soil + the composition of the board of directors + the size and composition of an average class
2 [C] a piece of music or art, or a poem: one of Beethoven's finest compositions
3 [U] the act of COMPOSING sth: pieces performed in the order of their composition
4 [U] the art of writing music: to study composition
5 [C] a short text that is written as a school exercise; a short ESSAY
6 [U] (art) the arrangement of people or objects in a painting or photograph

Thesaurus dictionary

n.
1 theme, essay, article, paper, story:
The teacher required each of us to write a thousand-word composition every week.
2 combination, make-up, structure, form, assembly, set-up, organization, layout, arrangement, configuration, shaping; balance, harmony, proportion, placement, placing, construction:
Notice the composition of the various elements in this painting.
3 combination, aggregate, mixture, compound, compounding, mix, formulation, formula, composite, amalgam, alloy, mélange, medley:
The medication was a composition of several odd ingredients.
4 creation, origination, formulation, fashioning:
The composition of the opera was begun in 1837.
5 make-up, constitution:
What goes into the composition of brass?

Collocation dictionary

1 parts that form sth

ADJ.

overall
The overall composition of the Senate was Democrats 57 and Republicans 43.
| internal
the character of the state and its internal composition
| exact, precise | changing
the changing composition of the labour force
| age, class, demographic, ethnic, family, gender, household, population, racial, social
the ethnic composition of the region
| species | chemical, mineralogical

VERB + COMPOSITION

determine
elections to determine the composition of the assembly

COMPOSITION + VERB

change, differ
Has household composition changed in the last decade?

PHRASES

a change in the composition of sth

2 piece of music

ADJ.

classical, instrumental, musical | original
an originalcomposition by a popular youngcomposer

VERB + COMPOSITION

write | perform, play

PREP.

~ by
a composition by John Cage
| ~ for
a composition for violin and piano

3 art of writing music

ADJ.

classical, free, instrumental, musical

PHRASES

a method of composition

VERB + COMPOSITION

study

4 piece of writing

ADJ.

literary, original, prose

VERB + COMPOSITION

do, write
In the exam, you have to do a composition.

PREP.

~ on
a composition on the effects of crime

5 art of writing

ADJ.

literary, metrical, poetic, prose, written

PHRASES

a method of composition

6 work of art

ADJ.

abstract, figure, formal, pictorial | original | perfect

PREP.

~ by
a composition by the sculptor, Bernt Notke


Concise English dictionary

compositions‚kɒmpə'zɪʃn
noun
+a mixture of ingredients
+the way in which someone or something is composed
+the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
+a musical work that has been created
+musical creation
+the act of creating written works
+art and technique of printing with movable type
+an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
+something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole



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