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Dictionary: med·ley   (mĕd') pronunciation
n., pl., -leys.
  1. 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).
  2. Music. An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources.
  3. 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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n

Definition: miscellany
Antonyms: loneness, singularity


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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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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A mixture of unlike things. Also: A selection of songs or tunes played as a single piece.

pronunciation We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. — Joseph Fort Newton (1878-1950)

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Medley may mean:

Contents

Sports

Music

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
  • Jon Medley, Japan-based American rapper
  • 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

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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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