composition Definition

1. Something composed, especially a musical or literary work.

Thesaurus: article, exposition, writing; opus, work, étude.
2. The process of composing.

Thesaurus: creation, conception, production, invention, fashioning, formation, shaping, sculpturing, forging.
3. art.
Arrangement, especially with regard to balance and visual effect.
Example: photographic composition
Thesaurus: organization, arrangement, balance, symmetry, proportion, distribution, relation.
4. old use
A school essay.
5. The constitution of something.
6. A synthetic material of any of various kinds.
7. printing.
The arrangement of pages of type ready for printing.