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# symphony

«symphony» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long piece of music for a full orchestra, usually in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a symphony, symphonies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A symphony is a long piece of music for a full orchestra, usually in three or four parts called movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#m1)

2) A symphony is also an orchestra that plays such music: "the London Symphony Orchestra" or just "the symphony" (US). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#m2)

3) A symphony of something is a rich mixture of things that go well together: "a symphony of colours". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons pupils listen to famous symphonies by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven (Beethoven's Fifth with its "da-da-da-DUM" and his Ninth with "Ode to Joy") and learn the sections of the orchestra. In stories it is a fancy way to describe many sounds, smells or colours together. Phrases: "symphony orchestra", "a symphony of sounds", "go to the symphony".

### examples

- We listened to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in music class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x1)
- Haydn wrote more than a hundred symphonies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x2)
- The symphony orchestra has strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x3)
- The first movement of the symphony was fast and loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x4)
- The forest at dawn was a symphony of birdsong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x5)
- My aunt took me to the symphony for my birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x6)
- The kitchen smelled like a symphony of spices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/#x7)

### note

Plural: symphonies. Adjective: symphonic. Spelled with "ph" (sounds like f). Composers number their symphonies, so "Symphony No. 9" is the ninth.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «symphony» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symphony/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.