melody
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈmɛlədi/
:
melodía
- With its easy rhythm and catchy melody, this song is one of Ellington's greatest popular successes.
- melody of a song
- sing a melody
- play a melody
May we always discover new melodies to sing together.
- May we always discover new melodies to sing together.
- Fill your ears and minds with melodies of optimism.
- And then the rabbi hums for the man, a yearning melody, bittersweet melody.
- Let's take those chords and apply the melody in C major.
- It matters to the baby the kind of melodies you sing to the child.
- Especially songs that had what I perceived as haunting melodies or instrumental hooks.
- I mean, it's a challenge because it's the same melody with different words.
- When the sun spins, nothing as eternal as the melody of the richest ballads that call to me.
- It wasn't a melody that reinvented the wheel.
Examples
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Fill your ears and minds with melodies of optimism.
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All students contribute collectively to a "class" melody that is written on the board.
Academic text (1999) -
But it's the, it's the melody of a song.
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What I heard then was the melody of children at play.
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Well, early on, children start off and they prefer the melody of their own language.
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Who are now slow dancing to a romantic melody, some holding the girls closer than others.
Fiction book (1991) -
We'll be singing all the melodies until the sun comes up.
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We can all sing our own proper melodies while listening to those of others.
Academic text (1990) -
Next, above the low tone, a cautious melody arose, borne on the wind.
Fiction book (1992) -
The melody of the song lingered in my mind long after it ended.
Synonyms
378
7.0
A melody one voice or instrument plays in a song
327
1.0
A series of musical notes that you can sing or hum
179
7.2
A single musical tune or clear sound frequency
173
3.4
A melody that repeats and becomes the main musical idea
31
6.6
A simple tune that you can easily sing or hum
10
9.9
A short series of notes that make a tune
1
3.4
The main tune that represents a person or idea in a piece of music
1
4.5
A line of musical notes that forms the main tune
1
5.8
A main tune that returns and shapes a musical piece
Compounds
How Melodic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word melody comes from the Greek parts melos 'song' and aeidein 'to sing'. So a melody is the part of music you could sing, the main tune.