symphony
noun/ˈsɪmfəni/
/ˈsɪmfəni/
(plural symphonies)
- a long, complicated piece of music for a large orchestra, in three or four main parts (called movements)
- Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
- Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5, conducted by Hugh Wolff
- the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Collocations MusicMusicListeningTopics Musicb2- listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
- listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
- put on/play a CD/a song/some music
- turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
- go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
- copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
- download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
- play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
- sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
- hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
- accompany a singer/choir
- strum a chord/guitar
- form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
- give a performance/concert/recital
- do a concert/recital/gig
- play a concert/gig/festival/venue
- perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
- appear at a festival/live
- go on/embark on a (world) tour
- write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
- land/get/sign a record deal
- be signed to/be dropped by a record company
- record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
- be top of/top the charts
- get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- etc.
- …
- compose
- write
- conduct
- …
- orchestra
- concert
- hall
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting any of various musical instruments such as the dulcimer): from Old French symphonie, via Latin from Greek sumphōnia, from sumphōnos ‘harmonious’, from sun- ‘together’ + phōnē ‘sound’.
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