See Also: music box(dictionary)
music box(encyclopedia)
music(dictionary)
music(encyclopedia)
pop music(dictionary)
music(2)(dictionary)
music(1)(dictionary)
Music(medicine)
chamber music(dictionary)
Sound of Music, The(dictionary)

music (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: musique, from Latin, from Greek mousike 'art of the Muses', from Mousa; MUSE2]
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 .
the art of writing or playing music
::Peter's studying music at college.
::music lessons
music business/industry etc
::a career in the music business
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 .
-see also sheet music
be music to your ears
if someone's words are music to your ears, they make you very happy or pleased
set/put sth to music
to write music so that the words of a poem, play etc can be sung
-see also face the music at face 2 (7)
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
listen to music
play music
write/compose music
pop/rock/jazz/classical/country music
live music (=music that is played by musicians on stage)
recorded music
background music
piece of music
music lover
GRAMMAR
!! 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