music
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
How often you will meet it
Rank 809 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,408 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
- any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds also: euphony he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes
- musical activity (singing or whistling etc.) his music was his central interest
- (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
- punishment for one's actions also: medicine you have to face the musictake your medicine
music in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Music is provided for a few of the songs in this book.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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A gift of music, which bubbled without effort, had put him on the Glee Club.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Violently pushing her chair in place, she departed, after thrusting her music into a folder.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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His big laugh and the silver music of her own lighter merriment rang out a little tantalisingly.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Music was one of his foibles; he learnt an instrument with wonderful facility, and, up to a certain point, played well.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1