harmony

«harmony» in Mova's school dictionary: when people or things live, work or fit together… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (harmony — uncountable; a harmony, harmonies)

meaning for a pupil

1) Harmony is when people or things live, work or fit together peacefully and agree («live in harmony»). tree →

2) In music, harmony is when different notes are played or sung together and sound pleasant. tree →

3) A harmony is a second tune sung with the main one to make it sound richer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons, children sing rounds and harmonies, and chords are an example of harmony. In lessons about community and religion, «living in harmony» means getting along despite differences. In nature lessons, ecosystems are in harmony when plants and animals are in balance.

examples

• The choir sang in perfect harmony. tree →
• Our class lives in harmony most days. tree →
• She sang the harmony while I sang the tune. tree →
• The colours of the painting are in harmony. tree →
• People of different faiths live in harmony in our town. tree →
• Cats and dogs can live in harmony. tree →
• The band added a lovely harmony to the chorus. tree →
• The first thing necessary in an army is harmony. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable for peace and agreement; countable (harmonies) for musical parts. Adjective: harmonious. Opposite: discord, disagreement.

In the corpora

• Multitrack recording puts each part on its own track, so one singer can record many layers of harmony.
• Harmony means singing different notes at the same time that sound good together.
• So Turkish gün (day) becomes günler and kız (girl) becomes kızlar; this matching of vowels is called vowel harmony.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «harmony» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.