ensemble

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Formal

n. a set of clothes that are worn together because they match or look good.

n. a complete outfit or costume, especially one where the components are carefully coordinated.

“She wore an elegant silk ensemble to the wedding.”

“The designer's spring collection featured a striking ensemble of linen trousers and a matching structured blazer.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Academic

n. a group of different parts that work together to make one complete thing.

n. a group of separate elements that contribute to a coordinated whole.

“The old buildings and the new park create a beautiful ensemble.”

“The architect viewed the city square as a single ensemble rather than a collection of individual structures.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Science Technical

n. a large collection of possible states of a system used in science.

n. an idealisation consisting of a large number of virtual copies of a system, considered all at once.

“The scientist used a grand canonical ensemble to model the gas particles.”

“In statistical mechanics, the properties of the system are determined by averaging over the entire ensemble of possible microstates.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a way for computers to learn by combining many different guesses to get a better answer.

n. a supervised learning algorithm that combines multiple hypotheses to improve predictive performance.

“The ensemble model was much more accurate than any single algorithm.”

“By using an ensemble of decision trees, the researchers significantly reduced the variance of their predictions.”

C2 · Proficiency Formal · Technical

v. to put things together so they work as one group.

v. to assemble or coordinate separate parts into a unified whole.

“The software helps to ensemble different data sets for analysis.”

“The project aims to ensemble various climate models to produce a more reliable long-term forecast.”