quartet
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3.3
- noun
- /kwɔrˈtɛt/
:
cuarteto
- It's a barbershop quartet!
- quartets and quintets
- quartets, duets, and trios
Examples
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Mrs. Mildmay was the first of the quartet to regain her presence of mind.
Fiction book (1999) -
Welcome to the quartet, Teach.
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There is no reason for more than two of our star quartet to sit at any one time.
Blog text (9) -
I was a part of the quartet.
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Guys, our band Mystery is a quartet, right?
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After a quartet of years, we know each other fairly well.
Fiction book (2000) -
I got this quartet that I'm a part of from school and, um, well, we... we actually have a gig.
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Do you want a string quartet, or a New Orleans brass band?
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When I was in that quartet in Skokie...
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The string players in our concert formed a quartet that captivated the audience.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A number of people or things seen as one unit
21
3.2
A group of four people who meet or play together
8
3.5
A group of two violins, a viola, and a cello or music written for that group
5
4.3
A group of four items or an amount four times as much
4
4.0
Four singers who sing without instruments in close harmony, often in a soft, emotional style
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6.2
A group of four similar things treated as one
A set of four things or people seen as one group
A group of four people or things
A set of four related things
A group of four players, two violins, a viola, and a cello, or a piece written for them
A group of four musicians, piano, violin, viola and cello, or a piece written for them
Compounds
4
4.0
Four singers who sing without instruments in close harmony, often in a soft, emotional style
A group of four musicians, piano, violin, viola and cello, or a piece written for them
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quartet comes from an old Italian word for 'four', the same root you see in quarter. So a quartet can mean any group or set of four people or things.