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Noun: symphony  sim-fu-nee
  1. Long and complex musical composition for a full orchestra, usually in several movements
    - symphonic music, sinfonia
     
  2. A large orchestra; can perform symphonies
    "we heard the Vienna symphony";
    - symphony orchestra, philharmonic
     
  3. A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colours and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
    - harmony, concord, concordance

Derived forms: symphonies

Type of: orchestra, order, sonata

Encyclopedia: Symphony