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ensemble

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩//
  • United Kingdom//ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.blə//
  • United Kingdom//ˌɒnˈsɒm.bəl//
  • United States//ˌɑnˈsɑm.bəl//

A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole. A coordinated set of clothing: a set of garments selected to accompany one another.

noun

  1. 1

    A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole. A coordinated set of clothing: a set of garments selected to accompany one another.

    Near-synonyms: suit, costume, getup

  2. 2

    A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole. A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.

  3. 3

    A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.

  4. 4

    A probability distribution for the state of the system.

  5. 5

    A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

verb

  1. 1

    To put together in a coordinated whole.

    Landscape gardening or landscape architecture is the art that seeks the production of the most beautiful landscape effects, ensembling the various objects of interest into a grand whole and harmonious unit.

  2. 2

    To perform in a musical ensemble.

  3. 3

    To employ a supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Forms

plural
ensembles
past tense
ensembled
past participle
ensembled
present participle
ensembling
third person singular
ensembles
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).