musical act

collocation in English

meaningsofmusicalandact

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musical
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/
related to or connected ...
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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofmusicalandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rather than the audience being passive receivers of his music (or any music), it is as implicated in themusicalactas is the musician.
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Teachers must nurture pupils' aesthetic choices and opinions as well as their commitment, so that ethical and aesthetic considerations can be brought together in the samemusicalact.
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His wanderlust in belonging to amusicalactwas often at odds with his domestic life.
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The driver had been recently fired for falling asleep at the wheel by anothermusicalact.
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At the end of each show there was amusicalact.
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Prior to this, the most number of charts that a single artist ormusicalacttopped was two.
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He gives a terrible impression of a popularmusicalactof the day.
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This may or may not be in collaboration with themusicalact.
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The group's early work encompassed a juvenile and goofy nature, which set them apart as a distinctmusicalact.
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True to his vaudeville beginnings, he created a visual as well as amusicalact.
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Its cover would sometimes feature youth-oriented issues rather than amusicalact.
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This is generally followed by amusicalact.
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They dream of building a concert dome on the site and performing theirmusicalactto sold-out crowds.
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This single was the first time in eight years that she had written music for anothermusicalact.
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A jam session describes themusicalactof producing music with little to no prior preparation in an effort to develop new material or simply to practice.
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Exceptions are only made when themusicalactis focused on intense dance routines instead of vocals, where it is difficult to be both heavily physically active and sing simultaneously.
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As modes of learning they both resemble ritualistic or musical acts.
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The one episode that featured nomusicalactstill fulfilled the variety criteria by including a lion tamer, whose presence also directly contributed to the plot.
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The screen shown amusicalactand the person seeing the screen had to sing one of their songs, while the other person had to guess who the artist was.
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The venue features a variety of musical acts in the rap, electronic, heavy metal, rock, and grunge genres.
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