Montage

Quick meaning: Montage is a noun meaning (uncountable) The art or process of doing this.

Meaning

(uncountable) The art or process of doing this.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To combine into, or depict as, a montage.
2. (countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
3. (countable, television and film) A sequence of brief clips, often set to music, used to compress a long event or series of events into a short scene.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: collage, bricolage

Unfortunately, nothing much happens in the rest of the episode either. It gets to the point where a montage is devoted to establishing Sam's monotony at Oldtown.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• montages
• montaging
• montaged

Synonyms for montage

Depending on context, synonyms include collage, bricolage, editing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include collage, editing, edit, editor, set-up, assembly.

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