music in English: Pleasant sounds made by singing or by playing instruments. (noun)

Translation

Pleasant sounds made by singing or by playing instruments.

Word origin

From Old French musique, from Greek mousike, the art of the Muses.

Origin: Greek
Root: mousike

Examples

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Here "music" means the sounds you are listening to.

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Here "music" is the thing she makes with an instrument.

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"Music" names the sounds that filled the room.

Music is the sound you make when you sing or play an instrument. It is one word with no plural, so we say "some music", not "a music".

Related words

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

voice

Your voice is the sound you make when you speak or sing.

song

A short piece of music with words that people sing.

play

To take part in a game or fun activity, or to make music on an instrument.

hear

To take in a sound through your ears.

applause

The sound of many people hitting their hands together to show that they liked something.

band

A small group of people who play music together.

dancer

A person who dances, often for other people to watch.

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