Definition of montage
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: the production of a rapid succession of images in a motion picture to illustrate an association of ideas
2a
: a literary, musical, or artistic composite (see composite entry 2 sense 1) of juxtaposed more or less heterogeneous elements
b
: a composite picture made by combining several separate pictures
3
: a heterogeneous mixture : jumble
a montage of emotions a montage of sounds
montage
verb
montaged; montaging
Definition of montage (Entry 2 of 2)
: to combine into or depict in a montage
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The first known use of montage was in 1929
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