Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A syllable representing the tone C, otherwise represented by do, in the French system of solmization.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of
Utah . - noun In solmization, the syllable once generally used for the first tone or key-note of the scale. It is now commonly superseded, except in France, by do. See
solmization and do.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by
do . Seesolmization .
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- noun music, dated Syllable (formerly) used in
solfège to represent the first note of amajor scale .
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- noun the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- noun a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
- noun the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first one (ut) was changed to _DO_ as early as the sixteenth century because of the difficulty of producing a good singing tone on _ut_.
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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For _usu compertum habemus, superstitiones etiam postquam explosoe essent, si qua relicta fuissent earum monumenta, cum memoriam sui ipsarum apud homines, tum id tandem ut revocerantur obtinuisse_, saith Wolphius, (530) who hereupon thinks it behoveful to destroy _funditus_ such vestiges of superstition, for this cause, if there were no more: _ut et aspirantibus ad revocandam idololatriam spes frangatur, et res novas molientibus ansa pariter ac materia proeripiatur_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Siate usus etc. ita ut uunc aratro ut€ - retur, nunc falce.
P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri VI. Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, Gottlieb Erdmann Gierig 1812
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Polygonum mas, ramos habet teneros O* mollesfiequen* tibmgeniculis cmilos: quifer terra, ut Gramen, repunt: folia % ut#, jedmolliora longiora. yfeminefiib folijs turgefcete: mdemaremappellari uoluntfios eim candidm, aut pumcem.
Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex Dioscórides , Dioscorides Pedanius , Joannes Ruellius 1550
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(Oct. 17th) respecting the conduct of the bishops in connection with the subscription to the canons, it would appear that the close of the prelatic assembly did not disgrace the amenities of the debates at its commencement (see _ante_, p. 499): "Accidit mira Dei providentia, ut repente inter episcopos, qui erant Poysiaci, tam grave dissidium ortum fuerit, ut fere ad manus venerint, imo, ut homines fide digni affirmant res _ut pugnis et unguibus_ est acta."
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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In this case, the ut is interpreted as a final "ut" (in order that).
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Hopefully we'll congruo ut gloss super ingens in ut 35% probatur praecessi quod EGO can iam probo EGO didn't mereo mereor.
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Hopefully we'll congruo ut gloss super ingens in ut 35% probatur praecessi quod EGO can iam probo EGO didn't mereo mereor.
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Hopefully we'll congruo ut gloss super ingens in ut 35% probatur praecessi quod EGO can iam probo EGO didn't mereo mereor.
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Half the Tyrone, knowin 'the ould place, tuk ut up: so we called ut
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
chained_bear commented on the word ut
Usage on oud.
November 3, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word ut
Ut queant laxis
resonare fibris,
Mira gestorum
famuli tuorum,
Solve polluti
labii reatum,
Sancte Ioannes.
November 26, 2008
Logophile77 commented on the word ut
noun
1. Greenwich Mean Time -- the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
synonyms: Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, GMT, universal time, UT, UT1
Source:WordNet 3.0
2. Utah -- a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
synonyms: Utah, Beehive State, Mormon State, UT
Source:WordNet 3.0
3. do -- the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
synonyms: do, doh
Source:WordNet 3.0
4. ut, uts -- the musical tone C in the French solmization system now replaced by do
January 23, 2018