music

Definitions


[ˈmjuːzɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
(e.g: couples were dancing to the music)

- the written or printed signs representing vocal or instrumental sound
(e.g: Tony learned to read music)


Phrases:
- music to one's ears

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French musique, via Latin from Greek mousikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of the Muses’, from mousa ‘muse’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries