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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | area, catalogue, compass, diapason, extent, field, panorama, scale, scope, series, spectrum, sweep |
| Notes: | gamut is a complete extent or range; gauntlet is a form of punishment or torture in which a person is forced to run between two lines of people facing each other and armed with clubs, whips, and other weapons to beat the victim, or to offer or accept a challenge, or a protective glove with long sleeve |
| Main Entry: | melody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, tune |
| Synonyms: | air, aria, assonance, carillon, chant, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, inflection, lay, lyric, measure, melodiousness, music, musicality, refrain, resonance, run, song, strain, theme, tunefulness, unison |
| Antonyms: | cacophony, disharmony |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere, distance, extent |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melody |
| Synonyms: | air, descant, diapason, lay, measure, song, tune, warble |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
| Main Entry: | tune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melody, harmony |
| Synonyms: | air, aria, carol, chorus, composition, concert, consonance, descant, diapason, ditty, harmony, jingle, lay, measure, melodia, motif, number, piece, song, strain, theme, warble |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | purview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, extent, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width |
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| Concept: | Melody. Concord. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; musical sounds |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme (poetry)., pitch, timbre, intonation, tone., scale, gamut; diapason; diatonic scale, chromatic scale, enharmonic scale; key, clef, chords., modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution., staff, stave, line, space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato, appoggiatura; acciaccatura., note, musical note, notes of a scale; sharp, flat, natural; high note (shrillness); low note; interval; semitone; second, third, fourth; diatessaron., breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver, demisemiquaver; sustained note, drone, burden., tonic; key note, leading note, fundamental note; supertonic, mediant, dominant; submediant, subdominant; octave, tetrachord; major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage, phrase., concord, harmony; emmeleia; unison, unisonance; chime, homophony; euphony, euphonism; tonality; consonance; consent; part., [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental-bass; counterpoint; faburden., piece of music; composer, harmonist, contrapuntist.
-verbs
be harmonious; harmonize, chime, symphonize, transpose; put in tune, tune, accord, string.
-adjectives
harmonious, harmonical; in concord, in tune, in concert; unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant; ariose, consonant., measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic., melodious, musical; melic; tuneful, tunable; sweet, dulcet, canorous; mellow, mellifluous; soft, clear, clear as a bell; silvery; euphonious, euphonic, euphonical; symphonious; enchanting (pleasure-giving) [more]; fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned.
-adverbs
harmoniously
-phrases
"the hidden soul of harmony" [Milton].
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| Antonyms: | discord |
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