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(1):

(n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; - often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.

(2):

(n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

(3):

(n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

(4):

(n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.

(5):

(n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.

(6):

(n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.

(7):

(n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

(8):

(n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.

(9):

(n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.

(10):

(n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

(11):

(n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.

(12):

(n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Composition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/composition.html. 1828.
 
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