composition.

1. The parts that make up something and how they are combined.

2. A piece of music, writing, or visual art made as a whole.

3. The activity of arranging or developing elements into music, writing, or art.

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Words that belong together

• chemical composition
• social composition

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The samples differed in chemical composition despite their similar appearance.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.