Collocations for "composition"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "composition" in context.
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composition
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [painting's, photo's] composition
- the composition of the [painting]
- [an interesting, a boring, a typical] composition
- learn how to make an [interesting] composition
- to improve the composition
- composition and [structure, color]
- lacks composition
- musical composition
- a composition for [piano and cello]
- [an alloy, a metal] composition
- determine the [material's, mineral's] composition
- the composition of the [material]
- analyze the composition of the [substance, rock]
- the [city's] [social, economic, ethnic] composition
- the [social] composition of the [city]
- the composition by [sector, state]
- the composition of the population
- the population's composition
'composition' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):