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- [myooz]
- /myuz/
- /mjuːz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [myooz]
- /myuz/
Definitions of muse word
- verb without object muse to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 1
- verb without object muse Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. 1
- verb with object muse to meditate on. 1
- verb with object muse to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. 1
- noun muse Classical Mythology. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae. any goddess presiding over a particular art. 1
- noun muse (sometimes lowercase) the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like. 1
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Origin of muse
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English musen to mutter, gaze meditatively on, be astonished < Middle French muser, perhaps ultimately derivative of Medieval Latin mūsum muzzle
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Parts of speech for Muse
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adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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muse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".
muse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for muse
verb muse
- ponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
noun muse
- ideality — ideal quality or character.
- librettist — the writer of a libretto.
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- phantasy — fantasy.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
Antonyms for muse
verb muse
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
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