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gamut

[ gam-uht ]

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noun

the entire scale or range:
the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy.
Synonyms: extent, reach, scope, breadth, sweep
Music.
1. the whole series of recognized musical notes.
2. the major scale.

gamut

/ ˈgæmət /

noun

entire range or scale, as of emotions
music
1. a scale, esp (in medieval theory) one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff
2. the whole range of notes
physics the range of chromaticities that can be obtained by mixing three colours

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gamut¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from 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 re sonare fibris. Mi ra gestorum fa muli tuorum, Sol ve polluti la bii reatum, S ancte I ohannes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gamut¹

C15: from Medieval Latin, changed from gamma ut, from gamma, the lowest note of the hexachord as established by Guido d'Arezzo + ut (now, doh ), the first of the notes of the scale ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, derived from a Latin hymn to St John: Ut queant laxis re sonare fibris, Mi ra gestorum fa muli tuorum, Sol ve polluti la bi reatum, S ancte I ohannes

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Example Sentences

“It’s available in English, in traditional and simplified Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese and it includes information on shelter, housing, child care … the whole gamut.”

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LAX has a handful of those lounges, and they run the gamut between being complimentary for certain credit cardholders to commanding over $1,000 for the price of admission.

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Other collections run the gamut, from a mix of poppies to culinary herbs, or easy-to-grow vegetable seeds for the beginning gardener.

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In today’s stand-up comedy scene, a booming industry embracing a gamut of personalities and viewpoints, does speaking truth to power remain part of the job description?

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That’s how I went into trying to choose what bathrooms made sense for this project, and I wanted to run the gamut as much as I could.

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