n. a mixture of ingredients

n. [the arrangement of different elements into a whole]

n. something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"

n. art and technique of printing with movable type

n. the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"

n. musical creation

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

n. graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

n. the general appearance of a publication

n. an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

n. a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

n. an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"

n. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

n. a document showing credits and debits

n. (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

n. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

n. a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline for applications"

n. a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

n. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

n. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"

n. the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"

n. what a communication that is about something is about

n. a form of address for a woman

n. the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"

n. a piece of poetry

n. a line of metrical text

n. an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

n. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

n. the communication of something to the public; making information generally known

n. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

n. an article reporting news

n. the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

n. the general appearance of a publication

n. an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"

n. something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"

n. a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

n. a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

n. the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

n. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"