OFF KEY (MUSIC)

Meaning of OFF KEY (MUSIC) in English

not at the right pitch, not in tune He has a beautiful voice, but was he singing a bit off key?

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

MUSIC — I Art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSIC — I. ˈmyüzik, -zēk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English musik, from Old French musique, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEY — I. ˈkē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English key, kay, keye, from Old English cǣg, cǣge, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSIC — — musicless , adj. /myooh"zik/ , n. 1. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEY — key 1 /kee/ , n. , pl. keys , adj., v., keyed, keying . n. 1. a small metal instrument …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEY — I. ˈkē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cǣg; akin to Old Frisian kēi key Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSIC — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English musik, from Anglo-French musike, from Latin musica, from Greek mousikē any art presided …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
MUSIC — noun love of music; capacity of enjoying music. 2. music ·noun harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones. 3. music …
Webster English vocab
KEY — noun a piece of wood used as a wedge. 2. key ·noun a keystone. 3. key ·noun the last board …
Webster English vocab
KEY — [key] n [ME, fr. OE caeg; akin to OFris kei key] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a usu. metal instrument by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSIC — the art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural …
Britannica English vocabulary
KEY — in music, closed system of functionally related chords generated by certain tonal conventions associated with the Western concept of diatonic …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSIC — music BrE AmE ˈmjuːz ɪk ▶ ˈ music box BrE AmE ▶ ˈ music ˌ center, ˈ music ˌ centre …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSIC — / ˈmjuːzɪk; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. sounds that are arranged in a way that is pleasant or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEY — / kiː; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun TOOL FOR LOCK 1. a specially shaped piece of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSIC — mu ‧ sic S1 W1 /ˈmjuːzɪk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ music , ↑ musical …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEY — I. key 1 S3 W2 /kiː/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] very important or necessary: China’s support is key to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUSIC — n. 1 the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUSIC — n. 1 the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MUSIC — n.1 the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSIC — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Music is the pattern of sounds …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSIC — [noun] [U] - a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments or singing or a combination of both, intended to …
Cambridge English vocab
MUSIC — n. Music Corporation of America Music Television Woodstock Music and Art Fair aleatory music chamber music country music Curtis Institute …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSIC — n. Art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSIC — Synonyms and related words : Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Erato, Euterpe, Orpheus, Pierides, Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Terpsichore, arrangement, babel, clamor, copy, din, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MUSIC — noun 1 arrangement of sounds for singing/playing ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful , fine , good , great , wonderful ▪ loud …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MUSIC — INDEX: 1. music 2. a piece of music 3. to play music 4. someone who plays music 5. to write …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSIC — â The most ancient music.-The inventor of musical instruments, like the first poet and the first forger of metals, was …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MUSIC — noun 1 BAD : Nowadays I prefer classical musics. GOOD : Nowadays I prefer classical music. BAD : Are we …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSIC — сущ. 1) а) музыка; музыкальное произведение to compose, write music ≈ сочинять музыку, писать музыку to perform, play music ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEY — I 1. сущ. 1) ключ to duplicate a key ≈ сделать ключ to fit, match a key ≈ подобрать ключ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUSIC — music.ogg ʹmju:zık n 1. музыка to music - под музыку set to music - положенный на музыку what she said …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEY — key.ogg _I 1. ki: n 1. 1> ключ ( от замка ) safe key - ключ от сейфа skeleton /false/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUSIC — 1) музыка 2) музыкальное сопровождение • - atonal music - background music - canned music - concrete music - diatonic …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
MUSIC — 1) музыка 2) музыкальное сопровождение • - atonal music - background music - canned music - concrete music - diatonic music - electronic music - library music - live music - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
OFF — 1) второстепенный 2) выключенный 3) дальний 4) дальше отстоящий 5) незначительный 6) низкосортный 7) разъединенный 8) свободный • cast off the mooring rope — отдать причальный конец cut off a …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KEY — 1) возвращающий 2) машиностр.джек 3) заклинивать 4) заклинить 5) зашпонивать 6) клавиша 7) ключ 8) ключевой 9) кнопка 10) код 11) коммутаторный ключ 12) коммутировать 13) манипулировать 14) манипуляторный 15) образцовый 16) ориентационный 17) переключатель 18) переключать 19) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KEY — I key сущ.1) а) прям. перен. ключ (для открывания замков, откручивания гаек и т.д.) to duplicate a key — сделать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MUSIC — n 1. музыка to music - под музыку set to music - положенный на музыку what she said was music …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KEY — _I 1. ki: n 1. 1> ключ ( от замка ) safe key - ключ от сейфа skeleton /false/ key …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. — Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MUSIC — сущ. 1) а) музыка; музыкальное произведение to compose, write music — сочинять музыку, писать музыку to perform, play music — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KEY — I ki 1. сущ. 1) а) прям. перен. ключ ( для открывания замков, откручивания гаек и т. д. ) to …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. — Ему нужно было уйти. to march off — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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