MUSIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of music in English

(Definition of music from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of music from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of music

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No longer was music's dependence on immediate sensations a drawback or a shortcoming, but rather the source of its strength and expressive power.
Thoughtfully creative, performed responses require thorough familiarity with the music's structures, devices and processes.
Towards the close there is a good point on the refocusing of the older view that music's function was moral persuasion.
A second consequence follows from music's transcendence of conceptual meaning.
Which musics ought to be the subject of one's study?
In this study, those memories that stayed to adult life were indeed characterized by factors such as community, atmosphere and music's ability to arouse feelings.
Thus, even when the orchestra is involved in more turbulent episodes, it is the vocal element which is largely responsible for the music's dramatic content.
I fell under this music's spell many years ago and have long thought that this movement in particular should be much better known.
The composer invites a variety of performers of western and non-western instruments to participate in her work, making the music's message a universal one.
Schools with large representations of different ethnic groups often cannot address the musics of each adequately.
I should add that music's artificiality is a great asset here.
The first is the way of the ambitious "singing soul for music's sake".
Furthermore, there is obviously a tendency to begin the more 'official' historiography of marginal musics with more ephemeral media than the printed word.
Why should this depreciate music's status, artistic quality or any other pedagogically important matter?
One must ask if there is more tokenism than substance in the inclusion of world musics in curricula in both schools and in higher education.
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Collocations with music

music

These are words often used in combination with music.

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acoustic music
There is no movement, no pages, no instruments, no black coats, only live, acoustic music with its unmistakably earthy texture.
baroque music
I always wanted to write music that combined the impact of rock music with the kind of expressivity of baroque music.
braille music
Visually impaired musicians gain the same benefits upon learning to read braille music as do sighted musicians who learn to read print music.
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Translations of music

in Chinese (Traditional)
音樂, 音樂藝術, 音樂研究…
in Chinese (Simplified)
音乐, 音乐艺术, 音乐研究…
in Spanish
música, notación musical, partitura…
in Portuguese
música, notação musical, partitura…
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संगीत, लोकांना श्रवणाचा आनंद देण्यासाठी वाद्ये, मानवी गायन किंवा संगणकातून…
音楽, 楽譜, 音楽(おんがく)…
müzik, musikî, nota…
musique [feminine], (de) musique, musique…
música…
muziek…
இசைக்கருவிகள், குரல்கள் அல்லது கணினிகள் அல்லது இவற்றின் கலவையால் உருவாக்கப்படும் ஒலிகளின் ஒரு வடிவம், அதைக் கேட்கும் மக்களுக்கு மகிழ்ச்சியைத் தருவதை நோக்கமாகக் கொண்டது…
संगीत, संगीत की कला या उसका अध्ययन…
સંગીત, સંગીતની કલા કે અભ્યાસ…
musik, musik-, noder…
musik, noter…
seni muzik, muzik…
die Musik, Musik-…, die Noten (pl.)…
musikk [masculine], musikk, noter…
موسیقی, موسیقی کی تعلیم…
музика, ноти…
музыка, ноты…
!TRANSLATE…
موسيقى, علامة موسيقِيّة…
সঙ্গীত, বাদ্যযন্ত্র, কন্ঠস্বর বা কম্পিউটার দ্বারা তৈরি গানবাজনা…
hudba, hudební, noty…
musik, musik tertulis…
ดนตรี, โน้ตเพลง…
âm nhạc, bản nhạc…
muzyka, nuty…
음악, 악보…
musica, notazione musicale, partitura…
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