medley
To combine, to form a medleyTo combine, to form a medley.
» Tom sang a medley of his favorite songs.
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1 sensesTo combine, to form a medley.
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. — Hellerick
deEr sang ein Medley von Simon and Garfunkel. — xtofu80
This vegetable medley is really good.
We're having a medley this evening.
I used corn in a vegetable medley.
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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Forms
medleys, medleying, medleyed, medleyedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.