set to music

verb

To adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song)

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Meanings

verbset to music (third-person singular simple present sets to music, present participle setting to music, simple past and past participle set to music)

present singular third person sets to music · participle present setting to music

  1. entertainmentTo adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song)

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 譜曲 /谱曲, 配樂 /配乐
  • 譜曲 /谱曲 (pǔqǔ)to adapt a literary work
  • 配樂 /配乐 (pèiyuè)to adapt a literary work
Finnish säveltää
  • säveltääto adapt a literary work
French musiquer
  • musiquerto adapt a literary work
German vertonen
  • vertonento adapt a literary work
Italian musicare
  • musicareto adapt a literary work
Portuguese musicar
  • musicarto adapt a literary work
Spanish musicar
  • musicarto adapt a literary work
Swedish tonsätta
  • tonsättato adapt a literary work
Vietnamese phổ nhạc
  • phổ nhạcto adapt a literary work
Cite this entry
APA

set to music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20to%20music

MLA

“set to music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20to%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set to music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20to%20music.

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