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- Dictionarymuse/mjuːz/
verb
- 1. be absorbed in thought: "he was musing on the problems he faced"
noun
- 1. an instance or period of reflection.
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Meaning of muse in English. muse. verb [ I ] formal uk / mjuːz / us / mjuːz / Add to word list. to think about something carefully and for a long time: I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business. Synonyms. contemplate. meditate. ponder formal. reflect. ruminate. speculate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of MUSE is to become absorbed in thought; especially : to think about something carefully and thoroughly. How to use muse in a sentence. Did you know?
As a noun, it means a person — especially a woman — who is a source of artistic inspiration. In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who symbolized the arts and sciences. Today, a muse is a person who serves as an artist's inspiration.
If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time.
noun. /mjuːz/ a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things synonym inspiration. He felt that his muse had deserted him (= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.). Topics Literature and writing c2, Art c2. Definitions on the go.
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
Origin muse1 (1300-1400) Old French muser, from muse “mouth of an animal”; → MUZZLE1 muse2 (1300-1400) French Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa. muse meaning, definition, what is muse: to say something in a way that shows you...: Learn more.
Definition of muse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MUSE definition: to think carefully about something for a long time: . Learn more.
n. 1. Greek Mythology Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science. 2. muse. a. A guiding spirit. b. A source of inspiration: the lover who was the painter's muse. 3. muse Archaic A poet. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Mūsa, from Greek Mousa; see men- in Indo-European roots .]
