adj
Meaning 1
Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
composite
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
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General-American, dialectal: /kəmˈpɑzɪt/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/ of the US
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Canada, dialectal: /kəmˈpɒzɪt/ of the US
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Australian: /ˈkɔmpəzɪt/
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New-Zealand: /ˈkɒmpəzət/
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New-Zealand: [ˈkɔ̟mpəzət]
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adj
Meaning 2
Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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adj
Meaning 3
Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: asteracean
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adj
Meaning 5
Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
Examples
- composite portraiture; a composite photograph
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noun
Meaning 6
A mixture of different components.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A function of a function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
Clipping of composite number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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noun
Meaning 12
A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 13
A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: fraternities
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noun
Meaning 14
The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: school yearbook
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noun
Meaning 15
A segment, subset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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verb
Meaning 16
To make a composite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I composited an image using computer software.
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adjective
Meaning 17
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 18
consisting of separate interconnected parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 19
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town
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Synonyms: complex
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: whole
Narrower terms: hybrid, syndrome
noun
Meaning 20
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: composite plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: compass plant, compass flower, everlasting, everlasting flower, mayweed, dog fennel, stinking mayweed, stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula, yellow chamomile, golden marguerite, dyers' chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, corn chamomile, field chamomile, corn mayweed, Anthemis arvensis, oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum maximum, Chrysanthemum maximum, shasta daisy, Leucanthemum superbum, Chrysanthemum maximum maximum, Pyrenees daisy, Leucanthemum lacustre, Chrysanthemum lacustre, dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, tansy, golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare, crownbeard, crown-beard, crown beard
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost, compote, and kompot.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сло́жен (slóžen) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Bulgarian: съста́вен (sǎstáven) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Bulgarian: комбини́ран (kombiníran) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Catalan: compost — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Danish: sammensat — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Estonian: liit- — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Finnish: yhdistelmä- — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Finnish: yhdistetty — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Finnish: seka- — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Finnish: komposiitti- — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Galician: composto — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- German: zusammengesetzt — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Ancient Greek: σύνθετος (súnthetos) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Hebrew: מורכב (murkáv) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Icelandic: margþættur — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Manx: covestagh — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Māori: hiato — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Māori: matatini — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Norwegian: kompositt — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Norwegian Bokmål: sammensatt — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Persian: همساخته (hamsâxta, hamsâxte) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Portuguese: composto — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Romanian: compus — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Romanian: alcătuit — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Russian: составно́й (sostavnój) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Russian: сло́жный (slóžnyj) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Russian: сме́шанный (sméšannyj) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Russian: компози́тный (kompozítnyj) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Russian: комбини́рованный (kombinírovannyj) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Spanish: compuesto — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Ottoman Turkish: مركب (mürekkeb) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Ukrainian: комбіно́ваний (kombinóvanyj) — made up of multiple components; compound or complex
- Finnish: komposiitti- — being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles
- Finnish: roomalainen — being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles
- Russian: компози́тный (kompozítnyj) — being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles
- Russian: сме́шанный (sméšannyj) — being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles
- Finnish: yhdistetty — not prime; having factors
- German: zusammengesetzt — not prime; having factors
- Hebrew: פריק (parík) — not prime; having factors
- Icelandic: samsettur — not prime; having factors
- Icelandic: þættanlegur — not prime; having factors
- Latin: compositus — not prime; having factors
- Romanian: multiplu — not prime; having factors
- Romanian: compus — not prime; having factors
- Russian: составно́й (sostavnój) — not prime; having factors
- Tagalog: pinaglakip — not prime; having factors
- Bulgarian: сложноцве́тен (složnocvéten) — belonging to the Asteraceae family
- Finnish: mykerökukkainen — belonging to the Asteraceae family
- Italian: asteracea — belonging to the Asteraceae family
- Russian: сложноцве́тный (složnocvétnyj) — belonging to the Asteraceae family
- Bulgarian: комбинация (kombinacija) — mixture of different components
- Bulgarian: смес (smes) — mixture of different components
- Catalan: compost — mixture of different components
- Finnish: yhdistelmä — mixture of different components
- Finnish: komposiitti — mixture of different components
- Finnish: sekoitus — mixture of different components
- German: Kombination — mixture of different components
- German: Mixtur — mixture of different components
- German: Mischung — mixture of different components
- Irish: cumasc — mixture of different components
- Manx: covestey — mixture of different components
- Romanian: amestec — mixture of different components
- Romanian: compoziție — mixture of different components
- Romanian: compus — mixture of different components
- Russian: комбина́ция (kombinácija) — mixture of different components
- Russian: смесь (smesʹ) — mixture of different components
- Spanish: compuesto — mixture of different components
- Bulgarian: композит (kompozit) — structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
- Finnish: komposiitti — structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
- Finnish: yhdistelmämateriaali — structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
- German: Verbundwerkstoff — structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
- German: Compound — structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
- Russian: компози́т (kompozít) — structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
- Finnish: mykerökukkainen — plant belonging to the family Compositae
- German: Kompositum — plant belonging to the family Compositae
- German: Asterngewächs — plant belonging to the family Compositae
- Finnish: yhdistelmäfunktio — function of a function
- Finnish: koostaa — to make a composite
- Finnish: yhdistää — to make a composite
- French: composer — to make a composite
Real reading context