All 3 Uses
ensemble
in
If I Stay
(Edited)
- When Adam showed up in a sharkskin suit and Creepers (an ensemble that wholly impressed Dad), I realized that this really was a date.
Chpt 4ensemble = coordinated clothing considered together as an outfit
- "Only fair," I said, pointing to his Mozart ensemble.
Chpt 9
- No orchestra? No chamber-music ensemble? String quartet?
Chpt 11 *ensemble = musicians performing together and considered as a group
Definitions:
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(1)
(ensemble) a group of people or things working or appearing together in a coordinated way -- especially a group of performers or a matching outfitThe pronunciation is derived from French. The first syllable sounds like "on". The second syllable sounds like "sahm".
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Sometimes seen in the expression, tout ensemble which references the total effect of the group of parts.