noun [U]
1 sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or exciting to listen to. People sing music or play it on instruments:
pop / dance / classical / church music * to listen to music * She could hear music playing somewhere. * It was a charming piece of music. * the popularity of Mozart's music * He wrote the music but I don't know who wrote the words. * The poem has been set to music. * Every week they get together to make music (= to play music or sing).
seealsoCHAMBERMUSIC, COUNTRYMUSIC, ROCKMUSIC, SOULMUSIC
2 the art of writing or playing music:
to study music * a career in music * music lessons * the music business / industry
3 the written or printed signs that represent the sounds to be played or sung in a piece of music:
Can you read music (= understand the signs in order to play or sing a piece of music)? * I had to play it without the music.
seealsoSHEETMUSIC
IDIOMS
music to your ears news or information that you are very pleased to hear
moreatFACEv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for music is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does music appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — music appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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