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- [gam-uh t]
- /ˈgæm ət/
- /ˈgæmət/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gam-uh t]
- /ˈgæm ət/
Definitions of gamut word
- noun gamut the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy. 1
- noun gamut Music. the whole series of recognized musical notes. the major scale. 1
- noun gamut The complete range or scope of something. 1
- noun gamut range 1
- noun gamut music: scale 1
- noun Definition of gamut in Technology The gamut of a monitor is the set of colours it can display. There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be displayed by any monitor. 1
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Origin of gamut
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin; contraction of gamma ut, equivalent to gamma, used to represent the first or lowest tone (G) in the medieval scale + ut (later do); the notes of the scale (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si) being named from a Latin hymn to St. John the Baptist: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris. Mira gestorum famuli tuorum, Solve polluti labii reatum, Sancte Iohannes
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Parts of speech for Gamut
noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gamut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
gamut usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gamut
noun gamut
- spectrum — ZX Spectrum
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
- series — a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
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