montage

[ mon-tahzh; French mawn-tazh ]

noun

, plural mon·tag·es [mon-, tah, -zhiz, maw, n, -, tazh].

1. the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition. Compare collage ( def 1 ).
2. photomontage.
3. Movies, Television.
   1. juxtaposition or partial superimposition of several shots to form a single image.
   2. a technique of film editing in which this is used to present an idea or set of interconnected ideas.
4. any combination of disparate elements that forms or is felt to form a unified whole, single image, etc.

verb (used with object)

, mon·taged [mon-tahzhd], mon·tag·ing [mon-, tah, -zhing].

1. to make or incorporate into a montage.

montage

/ mɔ̃taʒ; mɒnˈtɑːʒ /

noun

1. the art or process of composing pictures by the superimposition or juxtaposition of miscellaneous elements, such as other pictures or photographs
2. such a composition
3. a method of film editing involving the juxtaposition or partial superimposition of several shots to form a single image
4. a rapidly cut film sequence of this kind

montage

1. In art, making one composition by combining parts or the whole of other pictures, objects, or designs. In film, a stylized form of editing that provides a great deal of information in a short time. For example, the passing of years may be rendered by mixing shots of different seasons with shots of calendar pages turning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of montage¹

1920–25; < French, equivalent to mont ( er ) to mount ¹ + -age -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of montage¹

C20: from French, from monter to mount ¹

Example Sentences

In addition to a montage of New Yorkers on the street scored to tinkling jazz, How to gives us a shot of the World Trade Center, gleaming upwards from Lower Manhattan.

From Ars Technica

Extra points for the montages of bloopers and silly moments.

From Fortune

Some will be of notable LGBTQ conservatives, some will be a montage of the larger LGBTQ conservative community, Moran said.

From Washington Blade

In the montage below, pay attention to how many times two Celtics were defending three Sixers on the weak side while two were on Embiid.

From FiveThirtyEight

The decade’s most meme-worthy moment was a video montage of robots, some of them by Boston Dynamics, falling—over and over and over, in the most awkward ways possible.

From Singularity Hub 

BuzzFeed provided the “definitive ranking” of its favorite characters in the montage.

From The Daily Beast

A mixtape dubbed “Montage of Heck” has surfaced on the site Live Nirvana!

From The Daily Beast

The sex scene between April and Mr. B. is a montage of discreet close-ups.

From The Daily Beast

Montage after stunning montage depicting everything from the story of Adam and Eve to the creation of the universe.

From The Daily Beast

For fans of the HBO potboiler True Detective, the opening montage is all-too-familiar.

From The Daily Beast

There were newsreel shots of V-1 and V-2 being blasted from their takeoff ramps and a montage of later experimental models.

From Project Gutenberg

A whirling montage of laughing, challenging eyes and tossing sky-black hair and soft arms tightening around his neck.

From Project Gutenberg

Consciousness came back in little dribbles like a montage—half reality and half nightmare of the insomniac.

From Project Gutenberg

At all events he owed his success in life primarily to Montage, to whom he appears to have acted as a sort of agent.

From Project Gutenberg

New voice in the background, while the screen presented a slow montage.

From Project Gutenberg

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