gamut
the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.
Music.
the whole series of recognized musical notes.
the major scale.
Origin of gamut
1Other words for gamut
Words that may be confused with gamut
- gambit, gamut
Words Nearby gamut
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How to use gamut in a sentence
Colors appear punchy and saturated thanks to the wide color gamut, and it’s plenty bright even in situations with a lot of ambient illumination.
The new iPad Air is the best tablet for most people | Stan Horaczek | October 30, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOyster recipes can run the gamut from raw to steamed to fancy preparations like oysters Rockefeller and oysters casino.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe rules they broke ran the gamut from missing deadlines to helping clients commit crimes.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip | October 6, 2020 | ProPublicaThe responses ran the gamut, with most people erring on the side of caution, especially when it comes to indoor dining.
Countries that responded wisely to the pandemic run the gamut in terms of wealth, size, population, and style of government.
She ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners.
We take on the gamut of recent confessionals, from the sickeningly self-involved to the extremely endearing.
How Likable Is Alec Baldwin After His ‘New York Magazine’ Confessional? | Amy Zimmerman | February 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt ran the gamut of ‘I want to thank you,’ ‘Because of you I turned a corner,’ to ‘How could you do this to me?’
Making It in the 2-1-2: How Kenneth Walsh Achieved His NY Dream | Tim Teeman | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt ran the gamut from abstract, original eveningwear to a sort of sixties-inspired minimalism.
Speculation runs the gamut on whether or not Italy would actually request extradition.
Amanda Knox: I’ll Be A Fugitive If They Convict Me | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom Plato and Aristotle we have learned some elements of what may be called the gamut of sensibility.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThe music bells ran the gamut of old Scotch airs and ceased, while he sat there and waited patiently.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonThe Mohicans boldly sent back the intimidating yell of their enemies, who raised a shout of savage triumph at the fall of gamut.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperBy this time the song of gamut had ceased, and the sisters had learned to still the exhibition of their emotions.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperThe card-party were in a violently agitated and excited state, all screaming out together at the top of the gamut.
A Changed Heart | May Agnes Fleming
British Dictionary definitions for gamut
/ (ˈgæmət) /
entire range or scale, as of emotions
music
a scale, esp (in medieval theory) one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff
the whole range of notes
physics the range of chromaticities that can be obtained by mixing three colours
Origin of gamut
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