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Meaning of 'melody' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Melody [ n.]
- A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
- A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
- The air or tune of a musical piece.

Meaning of 'melody' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . melody [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Example in sentence:
  • she was humming an air from Beethoven

Nearby Words:

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