musical
- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪkəl/
- Did you see the new musical that just opened on Broadway? It features amazing songs and choreography.
- Broadway musicals
- a movie musical
- plays and musicals
So would you like musicals or comic villains?
- So would you like musicals or comic villains?
- Where, may I ask, were there Broadway musicals like Book of Mormon?
- I was the last frog in a musical called Croak the Last Frog.
- Basically, I got the I got the musicals bug.
- Corbin Blue from High School Musical, Who plays Chad Davenport?
- But they would both play watch musicals all the time on television.
- I love musicals and I think my three favorite musicals are Wicked.
Examples
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I was the last frog in a musical called Croak the Last Frog.
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It comes from the musical My Fair Lady.
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So, um, what musical are they doing?
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Did I forget to mention it was a musical?
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Is this an appropriate subject for a musical?
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I wrote a stage play called Big House Voices, a musical, Beautiful.
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There's just no money for a musical this year.
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Do you know the musical Fiddler on the Roof?
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I took the woman from Stuyvesant Town to a musical on Broadway.
Fiction book (1997) -
Brent wandered over to their collection of musicals to make the next choice.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
A stage show that tells a story using songs, talking, acting, and dance
A play or film with songs, dancing, and a light funny story
A performance with singing and dancing on stage
Compounds
- Specialized
Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines
- Specialized
A set of notes ordered from low to high that form a basic pattern for melodies
A type of opera where music and story are equally important and the music follows the action
- Formal
An evening gathering where people listen to live music in a home or small room
- Specialized
An advanced university degree for people who perform, write, or conduct music
A device that makes musical sounds using electricity, like a synthesizer or keyboard
- Specialized
The gap between two notes where the higher sounds like the same note at a higher pitch
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The ability to hear and understand musical sounds like pitch and rhythm
- Specialized
A way for electronic instruments and computers to send musical data to each other
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A pattern of eight notes that gives a piece of Western music its typical sound
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A regular pattern of beats in a song or dance that gives music its timing
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A symbol in written music that shows how many beats are in each measure and which note gets one beat
How Musical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Musical comes from music plus the ending -al that means 'relating to'. Music goes back to the name of the Muses, the old Greek arts figures who were thought to 'inspire' songs and poems, so a musical is a show where singing and music are the main parts.