Definitions for MUSICAL
ˈmyu zɪ kəlmu·si·cal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. musical, musical comedy, musical theateradjective

   a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

2. musicaladjective

   characterized by or capable of producing music

   "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"

3. musicaladjective

   talented in or devoted to music

   "comes from a very musical family"

4. musicaladjective

   characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music

   "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"

5. melodious, melodic, musicaladjective

   containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

   "the melodious song of a meadowlark"

GCIDERate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Musicalnoun

   A drama in which music and song are prominent features; a musical drama or musical play; as, Oklahoma! was a breakthrough in the form and popularity of the musical.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. musicalnoun

   a stage performance, show or film which involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

2. musicaladjective

   Of or relating to music.

3. musicaladjective

   Gifted or skilled in music.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Musicaladjective

   Etymology: musical, Fr. from musick.

   1. Harmonious; melodious; sweet sounding.

   The merry birds
   Chanted above their chearful harmony,
   And made emongst themselves a sweet consort,
   That quicken’d the dull sp’rit with musical comfort F. Qu.

   Sweet bird that shunn’st the noise of folly,
   Most musical, most melancholly;
   Thee chauntress oft the wood among,
   I woo to hear thy even-song. John Milton.

   Neither is it enough to give his author’s sense, in poetical expressions and in musical numbers. Dryden.

   2. Belonging to musick.

   Several musical instruments are to be seen in the hands of Apollo’s muses, which might give great light to the dispute between the ancient and modern music. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Musical

   Musical is the adjective of music.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Musicaladjective

   of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons

2. Musicalnoun

   music

3. Musicalnoun

   a social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. musical.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Musical

   The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if there is a live audience watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the deictic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. musical

   The ability to create, dance, hear and move to music.

   They had musical moments dancing together in each others arms.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MUSICAL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3318

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MUSICAL' in Adjectives Frequency: #460

How to pronounce MUSICAL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say MUSICAL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MUSICAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MUSICAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of MUSICAL in a Sentence

1. Thierry Chow:

   Lunar New Year’s like playing musical chairs – whoever sits in the spot gets Tai Sui. You ’ll change your position next round.

2. David Guetta:

   It's an evolution. The thing is that, every musical genre starts from the underground, gets trendy, then it becomes popular, and then it dies or it is reinvented in a different way.

3. Drew Farrar:

   Musical Genius

4. Best Musical.In May:

   I've never seen Best Musical.In May do that and it's still the thing that most people talk to me about that I have done. One of the only reasons I can stand that kind of attention is that I haven't seen it, at some point, I'm going to be forced to watch it and actually deal with my own feelings about this, and so that is complicated for me.

5. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber:

   Not just the prince of musicals, the crowned head who directed two of the greatest productions of my career, Evita and Phantom. This wonderful man taught me so much and his mastery of musical theatre was without equal.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MUSICAL
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=MUSICAL
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Musical
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=MUSICAL
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MUSICAL
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MUSICAL