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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024med•ley /ˈmɛdli/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -leys. - a mixture, esp. of different elements;
jumble. - Music and Dancea piece of music combining passages from various sources:a medley of songs from the 1950's.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024med•ley (med′lē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -leys, adj. n. - a mixture, esp. of heterogeneous elements;
hodgepodge;
jumble. - Music and Dancea piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources:a medley of hit songs from Broadway shows.
adj. - [Archaic.]mixed;
mingled.
- Anglo-French, noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival use of feminine of past participle of medler to mix, fight; see meddle
- Middle English medlee (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: medley /ˈmɛdlɪ/ n - a mixture of various types or elements
- a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole
- Also called: medley relay a race in which a different stroke is used for each length
- a relay race in which each leg has a different distance
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French medlee, from medler to mix, quarrel |