medley
medley
Definition
med·ley (med′lē)
noun pl. -·leys
- a mixture of things not usually placed together; heterogeneous collection; hodgepodge
- a musical piece made up of tunes or passages from various works
- Archaic melee
Etymology: ME medle < OFr medlee, a mixing < fem. pp. of medler: see meddle
adjective
Archaic made up of heterogeneous parts
medley
Synonyms
medley
n.
A mixture
mingling, melee, conglomeration; see mixture 1, variety 1.A musical piece made up of various tunes
assortment, potpourri, miscellany, pasticcio (Italian), pastiche; see also composition 4, music 1.
medley
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- tune: Each theme, or reel, featured a medley of tunes conveying various moods.
- song: Then came a wonderful medley of songs from Grease, which had been arranged by Miss Andrews herself.
- vegetable: Serve with a jacket potato and a medley of winter vegetables.
- music: The film will be screened with a live piano accompaniment of a medley of music originally recommended for the film in 1916.
- style: Their replacements are not distinguished, as Pevsner has pointed out, and have 'a peculiar medley of styles ' .
Converse of object
- sing: The children entertained some of the other children by playing the recorder and singing a medley of the Bardâs work.
- perform: They will even perform a Scottish medley to get any party in full swing.
- play: Still messing with the set, I think we played the new medley, which was nice.
- feature: Each theme, or reel, featured a medley of tunes conveying various moods.
- include: Tommy still includes a similar instrumental medley in the stage act.
Adjective modifier
- 200m: Dodd is a relay swimmer, while Windsor competed in the 200m individual medley.
- 400m: Breaking into British waters, he took the British Youth Champion title in the 400m individual medley this year.
- 100m: Two weeks ago in Swansea he won the over - 40s national title for the 100m individual medley.
- instrumental: Tommy still includes a similar instrumental medley in the stage act.
- individual: Swim 4 x 50 meters individual medley within 5 minutes.
Modifies a noun
- relay: Britain is also well represented in the medley relays which round off the evening.
- team: The boys are joined in the medals by the 10 year old girls ' medley team.
- event: Adi Turner was Britain's sole individual medallist in the medley events, taking gold in the 200m.
Noun used with modifier
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