Word Meanings - ORCHESTRAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.

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• ORCHESTRAL
  Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
• PERFORMANCE
  The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• PERFORM
  parfornir, parfournir, to finish, complete; OF. & F. par + fournir to finish, complete. The word has been influenced by form; 1. To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most
• ORCHESTRATION
  The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
• SUITABLE
  Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv. Syn. -- Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant;
• PERFORMER
  One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.
• ORCHESTRA
  The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments. (more info) 1. The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated
• PERFORMABLE
  Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.
• NONPERFORMANCE
  Neglect or failure to perform.
• INSUITABLE
  Unsuitable. -- In*suit`a*bil"i*ty, n.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach