med·ley | \ ˈmed-lē 
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plural medleys
Definition of medley
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1 : a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
a medley of show tunes
2 : a diverse assortment or mixture especially : hodgepodge a medley of sounds a medley of desserts was arrested on a medley of charges
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Synonyms for medley
Synonyms: Noun
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- alphabet soup,
- assortment,
- botch,
- clutter,
- collage,
- crazy quilt,
- farrago,
- gallimaufry,
- grab bag,
- gumbo,
- hash,
- hodgepodge,
- hotchpotch,
- jambalaya,
- jumble,
- jungle,
- litter,
- macédoine,
- mélange,
- menagerie,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- mishmash,
- mixed bag,
- montage,
- motley,
- muddle,
- olio,
- olla podrida,
- omnium-gatherum,
- pastiche,
- patchwork,
- patchwork quilt,
- potpourri,
- ragbag,
- ragout,
- rummage,
- salad,
- salmagundi,
- scramble,
- shuffle,
- smorgasbord,
- stew,
- tumble,
- variety,
- welter
Examples of medley in a Sentence
Noun
a medley of show tunes
a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Fieri served up a salad medley with penne pasta, meatballs and garlic bread for the firefighters, serving around 2,000 meals, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
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Jeanette Settembre, Fox News, "Guy Fieri feeds thousands of first-responders battling California wildfires," 7 Oct. 2020 The 45-minute special will debut on Dec. 11 on the streamer and will feature renditions of holiday classics, popular hits, and a medley of Hanukkah favorites.
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Joe Otterson, chicagotribune.com, "‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ holiday special set at Disney Plus," 7 Oct. 2020 Usher had kicked off the show with a medley of his hits.
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Marianne Garvey, CNN, "'America's Got Talent' winner is spoken word poet Brandon Leake," 24 Sep. 2020 On Wednesday, Usher kicked off the final finale night with a medley of his biggest hits, while Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, Bishop Briggs, Ava Max, Blake Shelton, and more performed alongside some of the finalists.
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Rachel Yang, EW.com, "America's Got Talent crowns season 15 winner," 24 Sep. 2020 On Wednesday, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood, who are all nominated for entertainer of the year, opened the show with a medley of their greatest hits.
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Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, "Carrie Underwood Kicks Off ACM Awards with Male Entertainer of the Year Nominees," 16 Sep. 2020 The band will perform a medley of their hits from the Ryman Auditorium.
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Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, "Old Dominion on ACMs host Keith Urban: ‘He’s such a calming presence’," 15 Sep. 2020 Carrie Underwood will also be taking the stage with a medley of classic country hits.
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Natalie Schumann, Country Living, "Everything to Know About the 2020 ACM Awards," 13 Sep. 2020 This medley of features puts Wonderchicken, which was probably about the size of a seagull, near the likely evolutionary juncture where waterfowl (like ducks) and landfowl (like poultry) once split, according to Gizmodo.
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Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, "At 67 Million Years Old, Oldest Modern Bird Ever Found Is Natural ‘Turducken’," 20 Mar. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective The Texans were led by their girls medley team, which reached the championship final and placed eighth, and Megan Lewis, who took seventh in the 500 free and ninth for the B final victory in the 200 free.
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Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Strake Jesuit’s Culligan earns UIL state swimming call-up," 10 Feb. 2020 Spring Woods sends all six relays to regionals, led by the fifth-place medley boys team of Samuel Jennings, Hewry Schmidt, Jacob Jennings and Clayton Richard.
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Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Memorial girls runner-up at 15-6A swim meet," 24 Jan. 2018 Hunter will have back the GMC third team 200 medley team of Owen Pelzer, Kevin LaGrange, Jakob Eichhorn and Aidan Flanigan.
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Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, "Preview: St. Xavier highlights talented pool of Cincinnati swimmers, divers," 8 Dec. 2017 In addition, Munoz was part of the winning 200 medley team (back-23.43), and 400 free relay team third leg (45.29).
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Staff Report, Orange County Register, "Northwood boys and Woodbridge girls capture PCL swim championships.," 11 May 2017 Wright is a 100m back, 400 free and medley relay specialist.
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Randy Sachs, star-telegram.com, "Young swimmers work to create foundation for Mansfield Timberview," 12 June 2017
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More Definitions for medley
medley
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of medley
: a musical piece made up of parts of other musical works
: a mixture of different people or things
sports : a race in swimming in which swimmers use a different stroke for each different part of the race
See the full definition for medley in the English Language Learners Dictionary
medley
nounmed·ley | \ ˈmed-lē \
plural medleys
Kids Definition of medley
1 : mixture sense 2, jumble a medley of tastes
2 : a musical selection made up of a series of different songs or parts of different compositions
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