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music definition
Overview
This page has 10 definitions of music in English, Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association), and Middle English. Music is a noun, verb and adjective. Examples of how to use music in a sentence are shown. Also define these 20 related words and terms: sound, time, melody, harmony, tempo, mood, singing, sheet music, military, electronic, signal, jamming, heated, argument, fun, amusement, seduce, entice, musical, and musike.
English music definition
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ), from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”), an Ancient Greek deity of the arts. Surface analysis muse + -ic (“pertaining to”). Displaced native Old English drēam, which was a cognate with English dream.
Pronunciation
Noun
music (usually uncountable, plural musics)
- A series of sounds organized in time, employing melody, harmony, tempo etc. usually to convey a mood.
- I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.
- 2013 November 22, Ian Sample, “Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 189, number 24, page 32:
- Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.
Time definition
The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. (1 of 24 time definitions)
Melody definition
tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
- 1856, John Esten Cooke, The Virginia Comedians[2], page 247:
- “Oh! this was very kind,” she said, with that simplicity and tenderness, which at times made her voice pure music, “I could not have expected you so soon.”
- An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
- A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
Singing definition
The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. (1 of 3 singing definitions)
- (military, slang) Electronic signal jamming.
Military definition
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. (1 of 4 military definitions)
Electronic definition
: Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons. (1 of 4 electronic definitions)
Signal definition
A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel. (1 of 10 signal definitions)
Jamming definition
present participle of jam
- (US, slang, dated) Heated argument.
Heated definition
simple past tense and past participle of heat
Argument definition
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. (1 of 17 argument definitions)
- (US, slang, dated) Fun; amusement.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- background music
- bumper music
- chamber music
- chin music
- classical music
- concrete music
- country music
- elevator music
- face the music
- fill music
- folk music
- hillbilly music
- incidental music
- musical
- musicality
- musically
- music box
- music hall
- musician, muso
- musicing
- musicless
- music of the spheres
- musicologist
- musicology
- music to someone's ears
- pop music
- program music
- rap music
- rock music
- rough music
- set to music
- sheet music
- soul music
- world music
Descendants
- Jamaican Creole: myuuzik
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: myuusik
- Tok Pisin: musik
- → Dhivehi: މިއުޒިކް (miuzik̊)
- → Japanese: ミュージック (myūjikku)
- → Malay: muzik
- → Swahili: muziki
Translations
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Verb
music (third-person singular simple present musics, present participle musicking, simple past and past participle musicked)
- (transitive) To seduce or entice with music.
Seduce definition
To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. (1 of 4 seduce definitions)
See also
- Wikipedia article on the definition of music
- MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia
- Category:Music
References
- music in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- music at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
Interlingua music definition
Pronunciation
Adjective
music (comparative plus music, superlative le plus music)
- musical, of, or pertaining to music.
Musical definition
Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation. (1 of 4 musical definitions)
Synonyms
Middle English music definition
Noun
music
- Alternative form of musike
Musike definition
music (1 of 2 musike definitions)