Medley

  • 11medley — [n] miscellany assortment, brew, collection, combo, composition, confusion, conglomeration, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, melee, mingling, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety;… …

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  • 12medley — ► NOUN (pl. medleys) 1) a varied mixture. 2) a collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece. ORIGIN originally denoting hand to hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool: from Old French medlee melee , from… …

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  • 13medley — [med′lē] n. pl. medleys [ME medle < OFr medlee, a mixing < fem. pp. of medler: see MEDDLE] 1. a mixture of things not usually placed together; heterogeneous collection; hodgepodge 2. a musical piece made up of tunes or passages from various …

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  • 14Medley — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Medley », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) « Medley » est un terme anglophone… …

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  • 15medley — [[t]me̱dli[/t]] medleys 1) N COUNT: oft N of n In music, a medley is a collection of different tunes or songs that are played one after the other as a single piece of music. ...a medley of traditional songs. 2) N COUNT: oft supp N In sport, a… …

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  • 16medley — med|ley [ˈmedli] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: medlee, from medler; MEDDLE] 1.) a group of songs or tunes sung or played one after the other as a single piece of music medley of ▪ He played a medley of Beatles songs. 2.) [usually… …

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  • 17Medley — Med|ley 〈[ mɛ̣dlı] n. 15〉 Potpourri [engl., „Gemisch, Mischmasch“ <afrz. medlee, zu lat. miscere „mischen“] * * * Med|ley [ mɛdli], das; s, s [engl. medley, eigtl. = Gemisch < afrz. mesdlee, zu: medler = (ver)mischen < mlat. misculare,… …

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  • 18medley — UK [ˈmedlɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms medley : singular medley plural medleys 1) music a piece of music consisting of a collection of tunes or songs that someone plays or sings one after another a Beatles medley 2) a mixture of things such …

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  • 19Medley — Als Medley, auch Hit Medley, bezeichnet man ein Lied bzw. ein Musikstück, das aus mehreren Teilen verschiedener originaler Musikstücke oder Lieder zusammengesetzt ist, bei dem die einzelnen Teile fließend ineinander übergehen. Die Logik der… …

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  • 20Medley — Recorded in a number of spellings including Madeley, Medley, Medlay, Meadley and Midley, this is a surname of English origins. It has several possible originations. Firstly and most probably it is locational and originates from Medley, a place in …

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