medley
A collection or mixture of miscellaneous thingsA collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
» Tom sang a medley of his favorite songs.
Meaning
5 sensesA collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
a fruit medley
Allerlei, bunte Mischung, buntes Durcheinander
смесьsmesʹ, мешани́наmešanína, смеше́ниеsmešénije
A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
Medley, Potpourri, Melodienreigen
попурри́popurrí
A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
Lagenschwimmen
ко́мплексное пла́ваниеkómpleksnoje plávanije
A cloth of mixed colours.
(archaic)Combat, fighting; a battle.
- a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
Examples
5 sentencesTom sang a medley of his favorite songs.
He sang a medley of Simon and Garfunkel hits.
ruОн исполнил попурри из хитов Саймона и Гарфанкела.
deEr sang ein Medley von Simon and Garfunkel.
This vegetable medley is really good.
We're having a medley this evening.
I used corn in a vegetable medley.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminineFrom 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.
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