composite
[adjective]
Synonyms: complex, compound
[noun]
Synonyms: mixture, amalgam, amalgamation, commixture, compost, compound, immixture, intermixture, mix, mix-up

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Related Words: combination, union

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I. com‧po‧site¹ /ˈkɒmpəzət, ˈkɒmpəzɪt $ kɑːmˈpɑː-/ adjective [only before noun]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: compositus, past participle of componere; ⇒ compound²]

1. made up of different parts or materials:
The author builds up a useful composite picture of contemporary consumer culture.
composite metals

2. American English a composite drawing or photograph consists of pictures of each separate part of the face put together into one drawing, and is used especially to help catch criminals:
a composite sketch

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II. composite² noun [countable]

1. something made up of different parts or materials
composite of
The child’s character was a composite of two girls I knew.

2. American English a picture of a possible criminal, made by police from descriptions given by witnesses Synonym : identikit British English

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