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   quar·tet

   /kwôrˈtet/

   noun

   • 1. a group of four people playing music or singing together.
   • ▪ a composition for a quartet: "a Beethoven quartet"
   • ▪ a set of four people or things: "a quartet of comfortable armchairs"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the general sense ‘set of four’): from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, from quarto ‘fourth’, from Latin quartus.

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   a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing as a group: A string quartet was playing Mozart. DreamPictures/Photolibrary/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Groups of musicians. band. big band. boy band. brass band. brass section. ensemble. gamelan. group. jug band. marching band. pipe band. pop group. quintet.

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   The meaning of QUARTET is a musical composition for four instruments or voices. How to use quartet in a sentence.

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   Quartet definition: any group of four persons or things.. See examples of QUARTET used in a sentence.

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   A quartet is a musical group with four members. If you play the viola, you might form a string quartet with two violinists and a cellist. You can use the noun quartet to

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryQUARTET | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   QUARTET meaning: 1. a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing as a group: 2. a piece of music…. Learn more.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishQUARTET definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A quartet is a group of four people who play musical instruments or sing together.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › quartetQuartet - definition of quartet by The Free Dictionary

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   1. an organized group of four singers or players. 2. a musical composition for four voices or instruments. 3. any group of four persons or things. Also, esp. Brit.,quar•tette′. [1765–75; < Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto < Latin quārtus fourth]