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- [klef]
- /klɛf/
- /klef/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [klef]
- /klɛf/
Definitions of clef word
- countable noun clef A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of the written notes. 3
- noun clef one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after it 3
- noun clef a symbol written at the beginning of a musical staff to indicate the pitch of the notes: there are three clefs: G (treble), F (bass), and C (alto or tenor) 3
- noun clef a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces. 1
- noun clef Any of several symbols placed at the left-hand end of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written on it. 1
- noun clef musical notation 1
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Origin of clef
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Middle French < Latin clāvis key
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Parts of speech for Clef
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
clef popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
clef usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for clef
verb clef
- form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
Antonyms for clef
verb clef
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
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