medley

CEFRB2

/ˈmɛdli/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A mixture of different songs, sounds, or things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.

Examples

  • He sang a medley of Simon and Garfunkel hits.

  • This vegetable medley is really good.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.

  2. Combat, fighting; a battle.

  3. A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.

More examples

In context

  • They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.

  • a fruit medley

  • For greater shields they have, than that they can either doe or see ought, and being raunged by hundreds no doubt they will hinder one another in the medley, except some very few

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Origin

noun

From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.