{
    "term": "composition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the different parts that something is made of; the way in which the different parts are organized",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the chemical composition of the soil"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the composition of the board of directors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the size and composition of an average class"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Has household composition changed in the last decade?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Irradiation changes the chemical composition of a spice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The overall composition of the Senate was Democrats 57 and Republicans 43."
                },
                {
                    "text": "elections to determine the composition of the assembly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the changing composition of the labour force"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the character of the state and its internal composition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ethnic composition of the region"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two drugs are nearly identical in composition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "recent changes in the composition of the workforce"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["overall", "internal", "exact"],
                "verb + composition": ["determine", "analyse/​analyze", "measure"],
                "composition + verb": ["change", "differ"],
                "phrases": ["a change in the composition of something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a short text that is written as a school exercise; a short essay",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a composition on the effects of crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the exam you will have to do a composition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["literary", "original", "poetic"],
                "verb + composition": ["do", "write"],
                "preposition": ["composition on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a piece of music or art, or a poem",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "one of Beethoven’s finest compositions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a composition by John Cage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a composition by the sculptor, Bernt Notke"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a composition for violin and piano"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an original composition by a popular young composer"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art", "Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abstract", "figure", "formal"],
                "verb + composition": ["create"],
                "preposition": ["composition by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the act of composing something, especially a piece of music; the art of writing music",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pieces performed in the order of their composition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to study composition"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the arrangement of people or objects in a painting or photograph",
            "labels": "(art)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Art"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "co/composition/composition__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmpəˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "co/composition/composition__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compositio(n-), from componere ‘put together’."
}