COMPOSING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

-ing form of the verb compose