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music

[ myoo-zik ]

noun

  1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
  2. 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.
  3. musical work or compositions for singing or playing.
  4. the written or printed score of a musical composition.
  5. such scores collectively.
  6. any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound:

    the music of the waves.

  7. appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies:

    Music was in his very soul.

  8. Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds.


music

/ ˈmjuːzɪk /

noun

  1. an art form consisting of sequences of sounds in time, esp tones of definite pitch organized melodically, harmonically, rhythmically and according to tone colour
  2. such an art form characteristic of a particular people, culture, or tradition

    rock music

    Indian music

    baroque music

  3. the sounds so produced, esp by singing or musical instruments
  4. written or printed music, such as a score or set of parts
  5. any sequence of sounds perceived as pleasing or harmonious
  6. rare.
    a group of musicians

    the Queen's music

  7. face the music informal.
    face the music to confront the consequences of one's actions
  8. music to one's ears
    music to one's ears something that is very pleasant to hear

    his news is music to my ears



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Other Words From

  • music·less adjective
  • anti·music noun adjective
  • under·music noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of music1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English musike, from Latin mūsica, from Greek mousikḕ (téchnē) “(the art) of the Muse,” feminine of mousikós, from Moûs(a) Muse + -ikos -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of music1

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

Idioms
  1. 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.

More idioms and phrases containing music

In addition to the idiom beginning with music , also see face the music .

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Example Sentences

After struggling to play music while vacationing at a Lebanese ski resort in 2010 — iTunes was unavailable in the country then — founder Eddy Maroun raised funding to build a solution.

From Ozy

Drivers of the Encore GX SUV can use the voice assistant to perform a number of tasks while they drive, from providing directions to playing music and ordering goods on the go.

From Digiday

Blum says that Facebook is best for her B2B relationships with other vendors, and Buonassissi uses YouTube to show videos of DJ sets and has a podcast about event music.

From Fortune

Search for “Katy Perry” and you will get a box next to the main search results telling you that Katy Perry is an American singer-songwriter with music available on YouTube, Spotify, and Deezer.

The order is the result of the agencies cartel-like behavior in the past, and ensures they can’t arbitrarily withhold access to songs or gouge those who license the music.

From Fortune

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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