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composition

[kom p.. 'zi S.n] = /kɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
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  1. A composition is a piece of text that students have to write at school. A composition is short, and it has a subject, which is given by the teacher or chosen by the student.
    I didn’t have to do any work in English at all, except write compositions once in a while.
    I got an F, because I didn’t turn in the composition.
    As a homework assignment, you will all write a composition: “My hopes for the twenty-first century”. No more than 1000 words long. The deadline is next Tuesday.