plural medleys
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
3
archaic
: melee
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
Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
What makes breaking different from other Olympic sports is that breakers will not be able to choose their own music, and will have to dance to a medley curated by a DJ.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2024
Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024
Watch the medley performance honoring Usher at the 2024 BET Awards below.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
The 23-year-old gymnast confidently executed her floor routine to a Beyoncé medley and all three athletes waited anxiously for the judges to announce her score.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
What makes breaking different from other Olympic sports is that breakers will not be able to choose their own music, and will have to dance to a medley curated by a DJ.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2024
Adjective
France’s Leon Marchand, a five-time NCAA champion at Arizona State, swept the 200 and 400 medley titles at the last two World Championships adding a 200 butterfly gold at last summer’s Worlds.
—Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024
Watch the medley performance honoring Usher at the 2024 BET Awards below.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Medley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medley. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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