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medley
med·ley M0195500 (mĕd′lē)n. pl. med·leys 1. An often jumbled assortment; a mixture: "That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and even some he hadn't" (Anne Tyler).2. Music An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources.3. Sports An event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race.
[Middle English medle, medleye, combat, battle, mixture, from Anglo-Norman medlee, meddling, combat, mixture, from past participle of medler, to mix, embroil, quarrel; see meddle.]medley (ˈmɛdlɪ) n1. a mixture of various types or elements2. (Music, other) a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole3. (Athletics (Track & Field)) a. swimming a race in which a different stroke is used for each lengthb. athletics a relay race in which each leg has a different distance4. an archaic word for meleeadjof, being, or relating to a mixture or variety[C14: from Old French medlee, from medler to mix, quarrel]med•ley (ˈmɛd li)
n., pl. -leys,
adj. n. 1. a mixture, esp. of heterogeneous elements; jumble. 2. a piece of music combining passages from various sources. adj. 3. mixed; mingled. [1300–50; Middle English medlee < Anglo-French, n. and adj. use of feminine of past participle of medler to mix, fight] Medley a mixture, jumble, hotchpotch; a mixed literary or musical composition.Examples: medley of astrology and homely reciepts, 1897; of houses, 1885; of mirth with sadness, 1529; of music; of many nations, 1652; of philosophy and rhetoric, 1865; of sounds; of tunes; of voices; of sense and madness, 1755.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | medley - a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sourcespastiche, potpourrimusical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" |
medleynoun mixture, confusion, jumble, assortment, patchwork, pastiche, mixed bag (informal), potpourri, mélange (French), miscellany, mishmash, farrago, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, salmagundi, olio, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum a medley of traditional songsmedleynounA collection of various things:assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.Slang: grab bag.Translationsmedley (ˈmedli) noun a piece of music put together from a number of other pieces. She sang a medley of old songs. 組曲 混成曲（多首声乐曲或器乐曲串联在一起） medley
medley1. a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole 2. a. Swimming a race in which a different stroke is used for each length b. Athletics a relay race in which each leg has a different distance AcronymsSeemoneymedley
Related to medley: Medley swimmingSynonyms for medleynoun mixtureSynonyms- mixture
- confusion
- jumble
- assortment
- patchwork
- pastiche
- mixed bag
- potpourri
- mélange
- miscellany
- mishmash
- farrago
- hotchpotch
- hodgepodge
- salmagundi
- olio
- gallimaufry
- omnium-gatherum
Synonyms for medleynoun a collection of various thingsSynonyms- assortment
- conglomeration
- gallimaufry
- hodgepodge
- jumble
- mélange
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- mixture
- olio
- patchwork
- potpourri
- salmagundi
- variety
- grab bag
Synonyms for medleynoun a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sourcesSynonymsRelated Words- musical composition
- opus
- piece of music
- composition
- piece
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