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setting to music

setting to music is the present participle and gerund of set to music.

Meaning of set to music

Verb

set to music (third-person singular simple present sets to music, present participle setting to music, simple past and past participle set to music)

  1. To adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song)

Questions about setting to music

What is setting to music the present participle and gerund of?
Setting to music is the present participle and gerund of set to music.

Words near setting to music in the dictionary

  1. setting the world on fire
  2. setting the world to rights
  3. setting time
  4. setting times
  5. setting to
  6. setting to music
  7. setting to work
  8. setting together by the ears
  9. setting up
  10. setting up camp
  11. setting up one's bristles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: setting to music (page history and authors); set to music (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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