n[U][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;Origin: musique, from
Latin, from
Greek mousike
'art of the Muses', from Mousa;
MUSE2]
a series of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant or exciting
I often listen to music when I'm in the car. What's your favourite kind of music? a record featuring the music of George Harrison The band was playing music from the show 'South Pacific'. Nyman writes the music for most of Peter Greenaway's films. a country music radio station A lot of the bars round here have live music at weekends. A new piece of music was specially written for the occasion. He was a keen music lover .the art of writing or playing music
Peter's studying music at college. music lessonsmusic business/industry etc a career in the music businessa set of written marks representing music, or paper with the written marks on it
I left my music at home. McCartney never learned to read music .→
sheet musicbe music to your earsif someone's words are music to your ears, they make you very happy or pleased
set/put sth to musicto write music so that the words of a poem, play etc can be sung
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face the musicatface2 (7)
COLLOCATES for sense 1listen to musicplay musicwrite/compose musicpop/rock/jazz/classical/country musiclive music (=music that is played by musicians on stage)
recorded musicbackground musicpiece of musicmusic loverGRAMMAR!! Do not say 'musics' or 'a music'.
Music is an uncountable noun :
I love listening to music.!! Do not say 'music band' or 'music group'. Say
band or
group :
Why don't we form a band? |
My favourite group is S Club 7. You can also use a word that describes a type of music before
band or
group :
a jazz band |
a rock group!! Do not say 'music concert'. Say
concert :
It was the first time I'd been to a concert. You can also use a word that describes a type of music before
concert :
pop concerts |
a classical music concert