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COMPOSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Musical creation
Synonyms:
composing; composition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("composing" is a kind of...):
creating by mental acts (the act of creating something by thinking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "composing"):
arrangement; arranging; transcription (the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music)
realisation; realization (the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer)
recapitulation ((music) the repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement))
Derivation:
compose (write music)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
Example:
harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art
Synonyms:
composing; composition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("composing" is a kind of...):
arrangement; placement (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb compose
