sextet
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- noun
- /sɛkˈtɛt/
- Usually there would be a dozen or so, but the ranks had thinned, and today there would be only a sextet who squarely reminded one of the Red Springers.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd she says, I think of the books not as a trilogy or a sextet, a series or cycle, but simply as Earthsea.
- And she says, I think of the books not as a trilogy or a sextet, a series or cycle, but simply as Earthsea.
Examples
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I brought down, I brought down a sextet of costumes along a similar theme.
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We'd be such a lovely sextet
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A quartet becoming a quintet becoming a sextet.
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A future music teacher needs the experience of working under a conductor as well as the ability to work cooperatively as a leader and a follower in trios, quartets, sextets, and so on.
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In terms of the lineup, keyboardist Tom Constanten split from the band following the New Orleans incident, forcing Pigpen back to the B-3 and relegating the band to a sextet for the first time since '68.
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The sextet performed beautifully at the concert, captivating the audience with their harmonious voices.
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During the meeting, a sextet of experts discussed the latest developments in climate science.
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The school organized a sextet of students to represent them at the debate competition.
Synonyms
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A group of six people or things
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Six things or people that form a group
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Six lines in a poem that form one part, often the last lines of an Italian sonnet
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A group of six similar things seen as one unit
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A group of six people who do something together
A set of six similar things seen as one unit
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Morphology
sextet = six (transparent) = sext + et
Formed from the numeral 'six' with a group-forming suffix '-et'; the meaning 'group of six' is directly inferable.
Etymology
The word sextet comes from the Latin sex meaning 'six' and the ending -et, used to name a small set like quartet. So a sextet can also mean any group or set of six people or things considered as one unit.