gamut
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- noun
- /ˈɡæmət/
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gama
- Their feelings had run the gamut from terror to relief to humiliation.
- run the gamut
- full gamut
- color gamut
And they run the whole gamut of who you think would be safe.
- And they run the whole gamut of who you think would be safe.
- Ryan Murphy, who runs the gamut from American Horror Story to Glee.
- I think that pretty much runs the gamut there.
- Have we run the gamut of types of truth other than the supreme truth?
- Some are corporate, some are more, you know, retail service types of jobs, the whole gamut, if you will.
- Question if you have BRC one or two, do you get the gamut of cancers or is it more one type of cancer?
- So whether you're an investor or, or an entrepreneur or a policy maker or an educator, it runs the whole gamut.
Examples
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The exhibition features artworks that explore the full gamut of human experience.
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And you run the full gamut of problems that can come with that.
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And they run the whole gamut of who you think would be safe.
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So I really ran through the entire gamut of what was available.
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Some are corporate, some are more, you know, retail service types of jobs, the whole gamut, if you will.
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Current research is quite varied, covering the full gamut of interests and activities in exercise physiology.
Academic text (1990) -
Our students and faculty pursue curiosity driven research that spans the gamut of human existence.
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Her tastes ran the gamut from Steinbeck and Hemingway to Grisham and King.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her interests run the entire gamut of science, from biology to astronomy.
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The festival showcases films that cover the gamut of emotions, from joy to sorrow.
Synonyms
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The area or limits where something has an effect
The full range of notes that an instrument or voice can make
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gamut comes from old music words gamma (a Greek letter) and ut (the old name for a musical note). At first they named the 'lowest note'. Later the name grew to mean the 'whole scale', so gamut now means the 'complete range' of something.