fanfare
fanfare
Definition
fan·fare (fan′fer′)
noun
- a loud flourish of trumpets
- noisy or showy display
Etymology: Fr < fanfarer, to blow trumpets, prob. < fanfaron, braggart: see fanfaronade
fanfare
Synonyms
fanfare
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- compose: Also composing brass fanfares for the Duchess of Kent, and odd ditties for BBC Northwest Nationwide.
- blow: Two elves at the front of the sleigh blew a trumpet fanfare.
- play: The Band of the Blues and Royals will entertain and play a fanfare on the Queen's arrival.
- sound: Beyond the Orchard Door The ship had now been moored and, as Queen Emeline stepped ashore, the heralds sounded a fanfare.
- include: The piece of music includes a fanfare which will be played as the team enters the field before every home game next season.
- provide: We can even provide fanfare trumpets to mark your arrival at the event!
Adjective modifier
- triumphant: The music is full of power with upbeat tempos, dynamic rhythyms, memorable themes and loud triumphant fanfares.
- much: There is too much ministerial fanfare for new ideas which have not been properly worked out.
- little: This product has arrived with little fanfare, yet offers some useful features for the serious searcher.
- great: The operator launched the filters with great fanfare last week, five months ahead of the mobile phone industry's self-imposed deadline.
- huge: Quite why the good folks responsible for bringing us Resident Evil Survivor did so with no huge fanfare is a mystery.
Modifies a noun
- team: Premier Brass can supply a fanfare team for all occasions.
Noun used with modifier
- trumpet: I set my alarm clock to a trumpet fanfare, I will wake up at the right time tomorrow!
- brass: A brass fanfare provided by some of our undergraduate music students accompanied the occasion.
- opening: The famous opening sackbut fanfare is thrilling; it is a fascinating evening.
- medium: Without a media fanfare or hype, the band had filled a large auditorium.
Preposition: of
- trumpet: A fanfare of trumpets marked the start of the academic procession, which then entered to Handel's " March from Scipio " .
- publicity: Platform 4c was opened in a fanfare of publicity [ well, it opened ] just over a week ago.
Preposition: for
- man: A 20th-century example is the " Fanfare for the Common Man, " by the American composer Aaron Copland What is a Requiem?
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