- music
- mu|sicW1S1 [ˈmju:zık] n [U][Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: musique, from Latin, from Greek mousike 'art of the Muses', from Mousa; MUSE2]1.) a series of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant or exciting▪ I often listen to music when I'm in the car.▪ What's your favourite kind of music?▪ a record featuring the music of George Harrison▪ The band was playing music from the show 'South Pacific'.▪ Nyman writes the music for most of Peter Greenaway's films.▪ a country music radio station▪ A lot of the bars round here have live music at weekends.▪ A new piece of music was specially written for the occasion.▪ He was a keen music lover .2.) the art of writing or playing music▪ Peter's studying music at college.▪ music lessonsmusic business/industry etc▪ a career in the music business3.) a set of written marks representing music, or paper with the written marks on it▪ I left my music at home.▪ McCartney never learned to read music .4.) be music to your earsif someone's words are music to your ears, they make you very happy or pleased5.) set/put sth to musicto write music so that the words of a poem, play etc can be sung▬▬▬▬▬▬▬COLLOCATES for sense 1listen to musicplay musicwrite/compose musicpop/rock/jazz/classical/country musiclive music (=music that is played by musicians on stage)recorded musicbackground musicpiece of musicmusic loverGRAMMAR!! Do not say 'musics' or 'a music'. Music is an uncountable noun : I love listening to music.!! Do not say 'music band' or 'music group'. Say band or group : Why don't we form a band? | My favourite group is S Club 7. You can also use a word that describes a type of music before band or group : a jazz band | a rock group!! Do not say 'music concert'. Say concert : It was the first time I'd been to a concert. You can also use a word that describes a type of music before concert : pop concerts |a classical music concert▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
