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say it: MYOO-zik
music is a noun meaning "an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner". It carries 5 recorded senses.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
“he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes”
musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
“his music was his central interest”
music · singing
(music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
music
punishment for one's actions
“you have to face the music”
“take your medicine”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for music come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.