the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.
Music.
the whole series of recognized musical notes.
the major scale.
Origin of gamut
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin; contraction of gamma ut, equivalent to gamma, used to represent the first or lowest tone (G) in the medieval scale + ut (later do ); the notes of the scale (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si) being named from a Latin hymn to St. John the Baptist: Utqueant laxis resonare fibris. Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes
The rules they broke ran the gamut from missing deadlines to helping clients commit crimes.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents|by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip|October 6, 2020|ProPublica
The responses ran the gamut, with most people erring on the side of caution, especially when it comes to indoor dining.
How Readers Feel About Dining Out Right Now|Amanda Kludt|October 5, 2020|Eater
Countries that responded wisely to the pandemic run the gamut in terms of wealth, size, population, and style of government.
The coronavirus responders|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
She ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners.
Ann B. Davis Was the Zesty Antidote to the Bradys|Emily Shire|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We take on the gamut of recent confessionals, from the sickeningly self-involved to the extremely endearing.
How Likable Is Alec Baldwin After His ‘New York Magazine’ Confessional?|Amy Zimmerman|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It ran the gamut of ‘I want to thank you,’ ‘Because of you I turned a corner,’ to ‘How could you do this to me?’
Making It in the 2-1-2: How Kenneth Walsh Achieved His NY Dream|Tim Teeman|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It ran the gamut from abstract, original eveningwear to a sort of sixties-inspired minimalism.
Tom Ford Nods to Jay Z at London Fashion Week|Liza Foreman|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Speculation runs the gamut on whether or not Italy would actually request extradition.
Amanda Knox: I’ll Be A Fugitive If They Convict Me|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He ran the gamut of vocal conceit, and the polyglot fertility of his fancy simply astounded his rapt auditor.
The Holy Cross and Other Tales|Eugene Field
My gamut was so very limited in its terms, and would not give a note to one in a thousand of those I saw.
Field and Hedgerow|Richard Jefferies
After they had taught me the gamut, they would gladly hear me teach them some of the mysteries of the new birth.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman
The correspondence of the gamut of values to that of the light and dark scale of such an actual scene is perfect.
French Art|W. C. Brownell
In testing the depth of hypnosis, I run the gamut of all of the tests from light to deep.
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British Dictionary definitions for gamut
gamut
/ (ˈgæmət) /
noun
entire range or scale, as of emotions
music
a scale, esp (in medieval theory) one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff
the whole range of notes
physicsthe range of chromaticities that can be obtained by mixing three colours
Word Origin for gamut
C15: from Medieval Latin, changed from gamma ut, from gamma, the lowest note of the hexachord as established by Guido d'Arezzo + ut (now, doh), the first of the notes of the scale ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, derived from a Latin hymn to St John: Ut queant laxis re sonare fibris, Mi ra gestorum fa muli tuorum, Sol ve polluti la bi reatum, S ancte I ohannes