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music

Syllables: mus·ic/ˈmjuːzɪk/

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British/ˈmjʉwzɪk/

music noun: a series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, timbre, sound design, lyrics, etc., often to convey a mood.

Noun

music (usually uncountable, plural musics)

  1. (usually) A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, timbre, sound design, lyrics, etc., often to convey a mood.
    • I keep listening to this music because it’s a masterpiece.
    • Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 1
  2. (figuratively, usually) Any interesting or pleasing sounds.
    • “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.”1856, John Esten Cooke, The Virginia Comedians, page 247
    • Wilson's definite genius for rapid, witty dialogue which becomes a kind of conversational music at times.1978 August 19, Kevin Warren, “A Flawless Production”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 15
  3. (usually) An art form, created by organizing pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and/or singing.
  4. (usually) A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
  5. (slang, usually) Electronic signal jamming.
  6. (US, dated, slang, usually) Heated argument.
  7. (US, dated, slang, usually) Fun; amusement.

Verb

music (third-person singular simple present musics, present participle musicking, simple past and past participle musicked)

  1. (transitive) To seduce or entice with music.

Adjective

music (comparative more music, superlative most music)

  1. (rare) Musical.
    • Again, Moſes was the firſt that brought in ſacred Muſick: thus in like manner Strabo lib. 10. 453. informes us, that the Bacchick Muſick was famous throughout Aſia; and that many muſick Inſtruments had obteined a Barbarick name, as Jambla, Sambuke, Barbitos, Magades, &c. which ſeem all to be of...1669, T[heophilus] G[ale], The Court of the Gentiles: or A Discourse Touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish Church in Order to a...
    • Loosened / Thy tongue shall with sweet-flowing sounds surprize / The ear of sense; another than thyself / Will be seen within to have come, and bringing / Music tones from other spheres to have made / Thee ever the harp of hidden minstrelsy.1838 fall – 1839 summer, Jones Very, “The Unrevealed”, in Helen R. Deese, editor, Jones Very: The Complete Poems, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, published 1993, →ISBN, page 159, lines 4–9

Proper noun capitalized: Music

Music (plural Musics)

  1. A surname.

music meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

music in Hindi

sound, organized in time in a melodious way
संगीत saṅgīt, मूसीक़ी mūsīqī

music in Tamil

sound, organized in time in a melodious way
சங்கீதம் caṅkītam, இசை icai

music in Marathi

sound, organized in time in a melodious way
संगीत saṅgīt

music in Urdu

sound, organized in time in a melodious way
سَن٘گِیت saṅgīt, مُوسِیقِی mūsīqī
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music in Bengali
সঙ্গীত śoṅgit, গান gan, সুর śur
music in Telugu
సంగీతము saṅgītamu, మృదుధ్వని mr̥dudhvani
music in Malayalam
സംഗീതം saṅgītaṁ
music in Kannada
ಸಂಗೀತ saṅgīta
music in Punjabi
ਸੰਗੀਤ saṅgīt, موسیقی moseqī
music in Gujarati
સંગીત saṅgīt
music in Odia
ସଂଗୀତ saṅgita
music in Sanskrit
सङ्गीत saṅgīta
music in Sinhala
සංගීතය saṁgītaya
music in Assamese
সংগীত xoṅgit
music in Nepali
संगीत saṅgīt
music in Pashto
موسيقي musiqi
music in Tagalog
musika, palalinigan
music in Arabic
مُوسِيقَى f or مُوسِيقَا mūsīqā, طَرَب ṭarab, مزّيكا mazzīka, موسيقى musīga
music in Malay
muzik, gita, bunyi-bunyian
music in Indonesian
musik
music in Persian
مُوسِیقِی mūsīqī, موسیقی musiġi, موزیک muzik
music in Thai
ดนตรี don-dtrii, เพลง pleeng
music in Vietnamese
âm nhạc
music in Myanmar
ဂီတ gita.
Sindhi
ميوزڪ meozk
Dhivehi
މިއުޒިކް miuzik̊
Kashmiri
موسیٖقی mōsīqī

Examples of music in a sentence

  • I don't know what it is, but this music really sends me.
  • The dancer kept pace with the shifting tempo of the music.
  • Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.

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Synonyms of music

Forms of music

Noun
pluralmusics
alternative formmusick
alternative formmusicke
alternative formmusique
alternative formmusike
Verb
third-person singular presentmusics
present participlemusicking
past participlemusicked
pastmusicked
Adjective
comparativemore music
superlativemost music
Proper noun
pluralMusics

Plural of music: musics

Origin of music

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. By surface analysis, muse + -ic (“pertaining to”). In this sense, displaced native Old English drēam (“music”), whence Modern English dream. Fully displaced Old English sweġl.

Words formed from music

Phrases with music

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Questions about music

What does music mean?
Music means a series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, timbre, sound design, lyrics, etc., often to convey a mood.
What is music in Hindi?
Music in Hindi is संगीत (saṅgīt), मूसीक़ी (mūsīqī). See Music meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is music?
Music can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce music?
Music is pronounced /ˈmjuːzɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of music?
The plural of music is musics.

Words near music in the dictionary

  1. mushy middles
  2. mushy peas
  3. Musi
  4. Musial
  5. Musials
  6. music
  7. music box
  8. music boxes
  9. music bread
  10. music cassette
  11. music center

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