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

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

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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.

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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]

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   Definition of quartet noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.