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montage

UK /mɒnˈtɑːʒ/US /mɑnˈtɑʒ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

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A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
- In the dissonant dynamics of [Hannah] Höch's simultaneous Dada montages the "nothing" and the "everything" of Dada were related to each other, both pessimistically and in a utopian manner. — 2003
•
A sequence of brief clips, often set to music, used to compress a long event or series of events into a short scene.
- THE MYTH: Training montages are inspiring, harmless fun. At some point in any sports movie, the grossly unqualified underdog will start training to the sound of some inspirational rock song. — 2013
The art or process of doing this.

verb1

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To combine into, or depict as, a montage.
- The two background photographs shown in Fig. 2 were selected from the office files of Blakeslee-Lane Studios and then montaged together by copying onto a negative. — 1941

forms

montaged · montaging · montages

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