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music
[ myoo-zik ]
noun
- an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.
- musical work or compositions for singing or playing.
- the written or printed score of a musical composition.
- such scores collectively.
- any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound:
the music of the waves.
- appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies:
Music was in his very soul.
- Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds.
music
/ ˈmjuːzɪk /
noun
- an art form consisting of sequences of sounds in time, esp tones of definite pitch organized melodically, harmonically, rhythmically and according to tone colour
- such an art form characteristic of a particular people, culture, or tradition
Indian music
baroque music
rock music
- the sounds so produced, esp by singing or musical instruments
- written or printed music, such as a score or set of parts
- any sequence of sounds perceived as pleasing or harmonious
- rare.a group of musicians
the Queen's music
- face the music informal.to confront the consequences of one's actions
- music to one's earssomething that is very pleasant to hear
his news is music to my ears
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Other Words From
- music·less adjective
- anti·music noun adjective
- under·music noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of music1
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Idioms and Phrases
- face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.:
He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.
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Example Sentences
Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
I gotta say—I think this past year was pretty bad for music.
What an amazing thing to be able to listen to any music you want, a whole world of bands.
Do you think that as we get older our thoughts shift to the more abstract, the music, than the definite, the lyrics?
I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.
Henry Rowley Bishop, a noted English music composer, died, aged 68.
In Manila particularly, amidst the pealing of bells and strains of music, unfeigned enthusiasm and joy were everywhere evident.
He takes a turn up and down the room, looks at the music, and if the piece interests him, he will call upon you.
A child outside the temple of art hears its music before he sees its veiled beauties.
Then, as he neared the room, a sound of music floated out to meet him— Tony was singing to his own accompaniment.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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