medleynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmed.li/us/ˈmed.li/medley noun [ C ] (MIXTURE)
a mixture of different things, especially tunes put together to form a longer piece of music:
a medley of popular tunes
The menu described the dessert as "a medley of exotic fruits".
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- fantasia
- melody
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- reel
- sextet
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- trio
- tune
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Variety and mixtures
medley noun [ C ] (SWIMMING COMPETITION)
a swimming competition in which each of four swimmers in a team uses a different method of swimming
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Swimming
- aquatics
- armband
- backstroke
- bellyflop
- butterfly
- depth
- diving board
- dog paddle
- dove
- frogman
- gala
- pearl diver
- scissor kick
- scuba diving
- shaken
- snorkel
- stroke
- swallow dive
- swan dive
- swimming baths
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