Montage Definition

mŏn-täzh, môɴ-
montaged, montages, montaging
noun
montages
The art or process of making a composite picture by bringing together into a single composition a number of different pictures or parts of pictures and arranging these, as by superimposing one on another, so that they form a blended whole while remaining distinct.
Webster's New World
A picture so made.
Webster's New World
The process of editing.
Webster's New World
A relatively rapid succession of different shots in a movie.
American Heritage
The juxtaposition of such successive shots as a cinematic technique.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To incorporate in a montage.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Montage

Noun

Singular:
montage
Plural:
montages

Origin of Montage

  • French from monter to mount from Old French mount1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French montage, from the verb monter (“put up")

    From Wiktionary

Montage Sentence Examples

  • Make a montage of candid photos from graduation day for one of the pages.

  • A montage of mildly amusing clips set to ' All the wild things ' music.

  • There follows a total contrast; a ruefully humorous yet touchingly erotic daydream, composed of a montage of apparently unrelated images.

  • There is no specific brief, which gives rise to a varied, eclectic and sometimes hysterical montage of images and storytelling.

  • A tour-de-force of montage illustrating a vast, cunning chronicle worthy of Nabokov.

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Words Starting With

MMOMON

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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