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{
"term": "melody",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a tune, especially the main tune in a piece of music written for several instruments or voices",
"labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a haunting melody"
},
{
"text": "The melody is then taken up by the flutes."
},
{
"text": "Most of her songs have a bold melody."
},
{
"text": "The clarinet carries the melody."
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "flowing", "gentle"],
"verb + melody": ["hum", "play", "sing"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of music or a song with a clear or simple tune",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "old Irish melodies"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "flowing", "gentle"],
"verb + melody": ["hum", "play", "sing"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the arrangement of musical notes in a tune",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a few bars of melody drifted towards us"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "flowing", "gentle"],
"verb + melody": ["hum", "play", "sing"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmelədi/",
"audio": "me/melody/melody__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmelədi/",
"audio": "me/melody/melody__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (also in the sense ‘sweet music’): from Old French melodie, via late Latin from Greek melōidia, from melos ‘song’."
}