Music
['mjuːzɪk] or ['mjuzɪk]
Definition
(noun.) musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); 'his music was his central interest'.
(noun.) punishment for one's actions; 'you have to face the music'; 'take your medicine'.
(noun.) any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; 'he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes'.
(noun.) (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds).
(noun.) an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
(n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
(n.) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
(n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
(n.) Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
(n.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Melody, harmony, symphony, minstrelsy.[2]. Science of harmonical sounds.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hearing harmonious music, omens pleasure and prosperity. Discordant music foretells troubles with unruly children, and unhappiness in the household.
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Examples
- They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You have studied music, probably? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Guitar and mandolin are agreeable instruments for amateurs, but are never used in orchestral music. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The uprising of the star of day was hailed by triumphant strains, while the birds, heard by snatches, filled up the intervals of the music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And he sat down to the piano, and rattled a lively piece of music. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Likewise, for Mrs Tapkins at Home, Wednesdays, Music, Portland Place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I was never vain of music; and, at that early age, so much envy never entered my head. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As I left the piano Miss Fairlie turned a page of the music, and touched the keys again with a surer hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But if women are to have the same employments as men, they must have the same education--they must be taught music and gymnastics, and the art of war. Plato. The Republic.
- The education which was assigned to the men was music and gymnastic. Plato. The Republic.
- Too stupid to learn, but I love music dearly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Can dance, and play music, and sing? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There's a charming piece of music by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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