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quintet

DEFINITIONS OF: quintet

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n a musical composition for five performers

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

n five performers or singers who perform together

Synonyms:
quintette
Type of:
musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
an organization of musicians who perform together

n five people considered as a unit

Synonyms:
fivesome, quintette
Type of:
assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place

n a set of five similar things considered as a unit

Synonyms:
quintette, quintuple, quintuplet
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 four and one

Synonyms:
5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintuplet
Type of:
digit, figure
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
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