Word:
Gamut
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The whole series of recognized musical notes, or a range or series of related things
Sentences:
1) She experienced the full gamut of human emotions within a few moments.
2) The actress's work runs the gamut from light comedies to solemn historical dramas.
Origin:
Medieval Latin gamma, lowest note of a medieval note
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
diapason, range, scale, spectrum, spread stretch
Antonyms:
individual, pieces
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