music
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 4 meanings
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.”
Any interesting or pleasing sounds.
An art form, created by organizing pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and/or singing.
A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
Verb 1 meaning
To seduce or entice with music.
Etymology
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”).
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MUSIC at a glance
MUSIC has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (M 3 + U 1 + S 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #261 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with music
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- MESIC9
- MUCIC11
- MUSIT7
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