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- Dictionarygamut/ˈɡamət/
noun
- 1. the complete range or scope of something: "the whole gamut of human emotion"
- 2. a complete scale of musical notes; the range of a voice or instrument: "the orchestral gamut"
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GAMUT definition: 1. a range of different things or people : 2. another word for colour gamut 3. to experience or…. Learn more.
1. : the whole series of recognized musical notes. 2. : an entire range or series. ran the gamut from praise to contempt. Did you know?
A gamut is a full or complete range. In the 16th century, the gamut was the lowest note on the musical scale. In music as well as life, the word has expanded to mean from high to low, or the whole range.
Gamut definition: the entire scale or range. See examples of GAMUT used in a sentence.
GAMUT meaning: 1. a range of different things or people : 2. another word for colour gamut 3. to experience or…. Learn more.
n. 1. the entire scale or range: the gamut of dramatic emotion from grief to joy. 2. the whole series of recognized musical notes.
1. singular noun. The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind. Varied though the anthology may claim to be, it does not cover the whole gamut of Scottish poetry. There's sadness, hurt and anger. You run the gamut of emotions.
gamut. noun [ no plural ] uk / ˈɡæmət / us. Add to word list. the whole group of things that can be included in something: The film explores the whole gamut of emotions from despair to joy. (Definition of gamut from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of 'gamut'. 1. See run the gamut [...] 2. To run the gamut of something means to include, express, or experience all the different things of that kind, or a wide variety of them. [...] More.
Origin of Gamut. 1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“ (Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G)”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale.
