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   ensemble

   /ɒnˈsɒmbl/

   noun

   • 1. a group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together: "a Bulgarian folk ensemble" Similar groupbandorchestracombocompanytroupecastchoruscorpscircleassociationduotrioquartetquintetsextetseptetoctetnonet
   • ▪ a piece of music or passage written for performance by a whole cast, choir, or group of instruments: "Cherubini's numbers, with solos and ensembles intermingled, have a freedom and originality"
   • ▪ the coordination between performers executing an ensemble passage: "a high level of tuning and ensemble is guaranteed"
   • 2. a group of items viewed as a whole rather than individually: "the buildings in the square present a charming provincial ensemble" Similar wholewhole thingentityunitunitybodypieceobjectdiscrete itemcollectionsetcombinationpackageaccumulationconglomerationsumtotaltotalityentiretyassemblageaggregatecompositeinformal:whole caboodle
   • ▪ a set of clothes chosen to harmonize when worn together: "her elegant pink and black ensemble put most outfits in the shade" Similar outfitcostumesuitcoordinatesmatching separatesset of clothesinformal:get-uprig-out
   • ▪ a group of similar systems, or different states of the same system, often considered statistically: "we would have to adopt a picture in which there is an ensemble of all possible universes with some probability distribution"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adverb (long rare) meaning ‘at the same time’): from French, based on Latin insimul, from in- ‘in’ + simul ‘at the same time’. The noun dates from the mid 18th century.

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