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quartet

DEFINITIONS OF: quartet

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n a musical composition for four performers

Synonyms:
quartette
Type of:
composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
a musical work that has been created

n four performers or singers who perform together

Synonyms:
quartette
Types:
barbershop quartet
an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony
string quartet, string quartette
an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello
Type of:
musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
an organization of musicians who perform together

n four people considered as a unit

“he joined a barbershop quartet”
Synonyms:
foursome, quartette
Types:
quadrumvirate
a group of four men
Type of:
assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place

n a set of four similar things considered as a unit

Synonyms:
quadruple, quadruplet, quartette
Type of:
set
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

n the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

Synonyms:
4, IV, Little Joe, four, foursome, quadruplet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad
Type of:
digit, figure
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
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