medley
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med·ley
(mĕd'lē) 
n., pl., -leys.
n., pl., -leys.
- An often jumbled assortment; a mixture: "That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and even some he hadn't" (Anne Tyler).
- Music. An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources.
- Sports. An event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race.
[Middle English medlee, from Anglo-Norman medlee, meddling, from past participle of medler, to meddle. See meddle.]
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- A collection of various things: assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety. Slang grab bag. See collect/distribute.
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A selection (or potpourri) of well-known tunes. The 18th-century ‘medley overture’ was revived in Victorian times, when it usually consisted of a string of tunes from the work it precedes (as in Sullivan's operas).
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IN BRIEF: A mixture of unlike things. Also: A selection of songs or tunes played as a single piece.
We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life.
— Joseph Fort Newton (1878-1950)
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Sports
- Medley swimming, races requiring multiple swimming styles
- Medley relay races at track meets
Music
- Medley (music), multiple pieces strung together
People
- Bill Medley (born 1940), one of The Righteous Brothers singing duo
- Henry Medley (1687-1747), Governor of Newfoundland
- John Medley (1804-1892), first Church of England bishop of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Les Medley, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. footballer of the early 1950s
- Linda Medley, American comic book author and illustrator
- Luke Medley, English footballer
- Robert Medley, English artist and educator
Places
- Medley, Florida, a town
- Medley, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Medley, Alberta
Other
- Medley Hall (University of Melbourne)
- Medley Centre, shopping mall in Irondequoit, New York
- Medley Footbridge, Oxford, England
- Medley Sailing Club, Oxford, England
- Medleys, University of Melbourne Medical Revue
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Medley
Dansk (Danish)
n. - blanding, sammensurium, medley (svømning)
adj. - blandet, spraglet, broget
v. tr. - sammenblande
Nederlands (Dutch)
medley, potpourri, gemengd, verschillend gekleurd, een potpourri maken
Français (French)
n. - (Mus) pot-pourri, épreuve quatre nages (en natation), mélange
adj. - mélangé
v. tr. - mélanger
Deutsch (German)
n. - (Mus.) Potpourri, Gemisch, Sammelsurium
adj. - gemischt, vermischt
v. - vermischen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύμφυρμα, συνονθύλευμα, (μουσ.) ποτ-πουρί
Italiano (Italian)
pot-pourri, miscuglio
Português (Portuguese)
n. - confusão (f), mistura (f), pot-pourri (m) (Mús.)
Русский (Russian)
смесь, попурри, смешивать, смешанный
Español (Spanish)
n. - popurrí, mezcla, mescolanza, miscelánea, confusión
adj. - mezclado, confuso
v. tr. - mezclar, confundir
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (brokig) blandning, virrvarr, potpurri, medley (simn.), handgemäng
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
混合, 各种各样的集团, 混杂, 混合的, 拼凑的, 使混合, 使成为杂乱的一团
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 混合, 各種各樣的集團, 混雜
adj. - 混合的, 拼湊的
v. tr. - 使混合, 使成為雜亂的一團
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡동사니, 혼성곡, 혼전
adj. - 잡동사니의
v. tr. - 혼합하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 寄せ集め, 混成曲, メドレー
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) متخالط, لحن موسيقي مجمع من ألحان مختلفه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ערבוביה, ערב-רב, תערובת מנגינות
adj. - מעורבב (מיושן)
v. tr. - ערבב (מיושן)
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