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English noun: melody | |||
| 1. | melody (communication) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | ||
| Samples | She was humming an air from Beethoven. | ||
| Synonyms | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | music | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fanfare, flourish, glissando, idea, leitmotif, leitmotiv, melodic theme, musical theme, part, roulade, signature, signature tune, theme, theme song, theme song, tucket, voice | ||
| Part holonym | musical phrase, phrase | ||
| 2. | melody (cognition) the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes | ||
| Synonyms | tonal pattern | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | musical perception | ||
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