motifnoun [ C ]
uk/məʊˈtiːf/us/moʊˈtiːf/motif noun [ C ] (PATTERN)
a pattern or design:
We chose some curtains with a flower motif.
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- grain
- marbled
- misshapen
- mottled
- paisley
- pattern
- silhouette
- spotted
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
- tartan
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motif noun [ C ] (IDEA)
an idea that is used many times in a piece of writing or music:
The motif of betrayal is crucial in all these stories.
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Technical music terms
- accidental
- adagio
- allegro
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr
- arrange
- cadence
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- legato
- mike check
- pizzicato
- timbre
- tuning
- twelve-tone
- twelve-tone scale
- unison
- up-tempo
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Ideas, concepts and theories