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Melody

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Noun

1. air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

Example Sentences:
'she was humming an air from Beethoven'

2. melody, tonal pattern

the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Melody

see synonyms of melody
noun plural -dies
1. music
a. 
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune
b. 
the horizontally represented aspect of the structure of a piece of music
Compare harmony (sense 4b)
2. 
sounds that are pleasant because of tone or arrangement, esp words of poetry

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Melody

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nounWord forms: plural ˈmelodies
1. 
a. 
pleasing sounds or arrangement of sounds in sequence
b. 
musical quality, as in the arrangement of words
2.  Music
a. 
a sequence of single tones, usually in the same key or mode, to produce a rhythmic whole; often, a tune, air, or song
b. 
the element of form having to do with the arrangement of single tones in sequence
see also harmony
c. 
the leading part, or voice, in a harmonic composition; the air

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Melody

see synonyms of melody
n. pl. mel·o·dies
1. A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.
2. Musical quality: the melody of verse.
3. Music
a. A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.
b. Structure with respect to the arrangement of single notes in succession.
c. The leading part or the air in a composition with accompaniment.
4. A poem suitable for setting to music or singing.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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