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   medley

   /ˈmɛdli/

   noun

   • 1. a varied mixture of people or things: "an interesting medley of flavours"
   • ▪ a collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece: "a medley of Beatles songs"
   • ▪ a swimming race in which contestants swim sections in different strokes, either individually or in relay teams: "the 400 m individual medley"

   adjective

   • 1. mixed; motley: archaic "a medley range of vague and variable impressions"

   verb

   • 1. make a medley of; intermix: archaic "the medlied establishments of the native chiefs"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee ‘melee’, based on medieval Latin misculare ‘to mix’; compare with meddle.

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   What is a medley in music?

   • In music, a medley is a collection of different tunes or songs that are played one after the other as a single piece of music. In sport, a medley is a swimming race in which the four main strokes are used one after the other. He won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley. A medley of different foods or other things is a mixture of them.

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   What does medley mean in sports?

   • In sports, a medley is a swimming race in which the four main strokes are used one after the other. Japan won the Men's 200 meter individual medley. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Archaic 4. Archaic Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is a disco medley?

   • In these medleys the last word of one song often segues into the first word of the next. The idea was to play disco music, organized in 20-minute long medleys, so that it could be performed in discos. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What was a medley in the 1980s?

   • With medleys, dance, drama and everything good-looking (from cast to couches, dorms to discos). During the 1980s he also produced medleys under various names. Less artistically lofty edits produced medleys or novelty recordings of various types. The medley's backdrop consisted of a sky themed backdrop.

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   A medley is one piece of music, made up of passages from other songs. Medley comes from the Old French word medlee which meant — eek! — hand-to-hand combat.

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