GAMUT Definition & Meaning

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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.
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1. the whole series of recognized musical notes.
2. the major scale.

gamut

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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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51�Թ� 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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51�Թ� 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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Her salads run the gamut—apple with pecorino, lentils and radicchio; blueberry with oat groats, chicories and buttermilk; raw cabbage with ground cherries, cilantro, pepitas and lime.

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But that can run a gamut, because the things we care about make up our identity, too.

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“Profiting off the memecoin is just the latest in a bewildering gamut of schemes in which you and your family have profited after your return to office,” Raskin wrote.

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The films, which are cued as though musical elements, run the gamut of cinematic styles and periods.

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When we look at other public figures with close ties to accused abusers, we can see a gamut of responses.

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