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music
What does music mean?
music (noun): an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce music?
/ˈmjuzɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does music come from?
From Middle English musik, musike, borrowed from Anglo-Norman musik, musike, Old French musique, and their source Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to music
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
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