music

[ myoo-zik ]
/ ˈmyu zɪk /

noun

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Idioms for music

    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.

Origin of music

1200–50; Middle English musike < Latin mūsica < Greek mousikḕ (téchnē) (the art) of the Muse, feminine of mousikós, equivalent to Moûs(a) Muse + -ikos -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM music

mu·sic·less, adjectivean·ti·mu·sic, noun, adjectiveun·der·mu·sic, noun

Words nearby music

mushroom slab construction, mushroom ventilator, mushy, mushyheaded, musial, music, music box, music centre, music drama, music hall, music has charms to soothe a savage breast
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Words related to musics

soul, rap, rock, melody, piece, singing, tune, opera, hymn, modern, classical, song, bop, chamber, jazz, measure, fusion, refrain, air, strain

Example sentences from the Web for musics

British Dictionary definitions for musics

music
/ (ˈmjuːzɪk) /

noun

Word Origin for music

C13: via Old French from Latin mūsica, from Greek mousikē (tekhnē) (art) belonging to the Muses, from Mousa Muse
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Idioms and Phrases with musics

music
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