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symphony
symphony /ˈsɪmfəni/ noun (plural symphonies) [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: symphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Greek, from symphonos 'sounding together', from syn- ( syn-) + phone 'voice, sound'
1. a long piece of music usually in four parts, written for an orchestra:
    Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony
2. (also symphony orchestra) a large group of classical musicians led by a conductor
—symphonic /sɪmˈfɒnɪk $ -ˈfɑː-/ adjective