music


Definition: Meaning of, music in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmjuːzɪk /

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  1. a series of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant or exciting
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  2. the art of writing or playing music
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  3. a set of written marks representing music, or paper with the written marks on it
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  4. be music to your ears if someone's words are music to your ears, they make you very happy or pleased
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  5. set/put something to music to write music so that the words of a poem, play etc can be sung
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music used in phrases

  • 12-tone music (noun)
    1. and inverted or backward versions of the row a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale
  • African-American music (noun)
    1. music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
  • Bachelor of Music (noun)
    1. a bachelor's degree in music
  • Doctor of Music (noun)
    1. a doctor's degree in music
  • New Age music (noun)
    1. genre of relaxing music with elements of world music
  • Radio City Music Hall
    1. a large theatre in New York City, where concerts, film FESTIVAL s, the TONY AWARD s ceremony, and shows with lots of singing and dancing take place
  • Royal Academy of Music, the
    1. an important London music college
  • Royal College of Music, the
    1. a school in London for young musicians who have great ability, and who come from all over the world
  • Sound of Music, The
    1. (1965) a very popular US MUSICAL (= a film that uses singing and dancing to tell a story) in which Julie ANDREWS appears as a NUN who goes to live in the mountains to take care of a large family of children whose mother has died. She teaches them to sing, has a romantic relationship with their father and marries him, and helps them to escape from the Nazis. Many of the songs in the film are very well known, including "Climb Every Mountain" and the song of the title, which begins "The hills are alive with the sound of music".
  • background music (noun)
    1. any music whose main function is to create an atmosphere rather than to have the audience's focus
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