Definitions for musicˈmyu zɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mu•sicˈmyu zɪk(n.)
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and dynamics.
Category: Music and Dance
sounds organized to have melody, rhythm, harmony, and dynamics.
Category: Music and Dance
the written or printed score of a musical composition.
Category: Music and Dance
musical quality:
the music of words.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of music:
1200–50; < L mūsica < Gk mousikḕ (téchnē) (the art) of the Muse, fem. of mousikós=Moûs(a)Muse+-ikos -ic
mu′sic•less(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
music(noun)
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
music, euphony(noun)
any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
"he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"
music(noun)
musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
"his music was his central interest"
music(noun)
(music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
music, medicine(noun)
punishment for one's actions
"you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
music(noun)ˈmyu zɪk
sounds produced by instruments or voices singing
a beautiful piece of music for guitar; popular music; Who wrote the music for the movie?
Wiktionary
music(Noun)
A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
music(Noun)
Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
music(Noun)
A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
music(Verb)
To seduce or entice with music.
Origin: From musik, musike, musique, and their source musica, from μουσική (τέχνη) "(art) of the Muses".
Webster Dictionary
Music(noun)
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
Music(noun)
melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones
Music(noun)
harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones
Music(noun)
the written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score
Music(noun)
love of music; capacity of enjoying music
Music(noun)
a more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation
The Roycroft Dictionary
music
1. Anything that has charms to soothe a savage beast. 2. Unnecessary noises heard in restaurants and cheap hotels. 3. The only one of the arts that can not be prostituted to a base use. 4. An attempt to express the emotions that are beyond speech. 5. A noise less objectionable than any other noise.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
music
A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare science-fiction fandom, oriental food; see also filk). Hackish folklore has long claimed that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this. Hackers, as a rule, like music and often develop musical appreciation in unusual and interesting directions. Folk music is very big in hacker circles; so is electronic music, and the sort of elaborate instrumental jazz/rock that used to be called ‘progressive’ and isn't recorded much any more. The hacker's musical range tends to be wide; many can listen with equal appreciation to (say) Talking Heads, Yes, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny, Scott Joplin, Tangerine Dream, Dream Theater, King Sunny Ade, The Pretenders, Screaming Trees, or the Brandenburg Concerti. It is also apparently true that hackerdom includes a much higher concentration of talented amateur musicians than one would expect from a similar-sized control group of mundane types.
Translations for music
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
music(noun)
the art of arranging and combining sounds able to be produced by the human voice or by instruments
She prefers classical music to popular music; She is studying music; (also adjective) a music lesson.
- musiekAfrikaans

- موسيقىArabic

- музикаBulgarian

- músicaPortuguese (BR)

- hudba; hudebníCzech

- die Musik; Musik-...German

- musik; musik-Danish

- μουσικήGreek

- músicaSpanish

- muusikaEstonian

- موزيکFarsi

- musiikkiFinnish

- (de) musiqueFrench

- מוּזִיקָהHebrew

- संगीतHindi

- glazbaCroatian

- zeneHungarian

- musikIndonesian

- tónlistIcelandic

- musica; di musicaItalian

- 音楽Japanese

- 음악Korean

- muzikaLithuanian

- mūzikaLatvian

- seni muzikMalay

- muziekDutch

- musikkNorwegian

- muzykaPolish

- موزيکPersian

- سازPashto

- músicaPortuguese

- (de) muzicăRomanian

- музыкаRussian

- hudba; hudobnýSlovak

- glasbaSlovenian

- muzikaSerbian

- musikSwedish

- ดนตรีThai

- müzikTurkish

- 音樂Chinese (Trad.)

- музикаUkrainian

- موسیقیUrdu

- âm nhạcVietnamese

- 音乐Chinese (Simp.)

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