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duet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun duet has 5 senses
- duet(n = noun.quantity) brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke - two items of the same kind; Array has parts: fellow, mate
- duet(n = noun.group) duette, duo - two performers or singers who perform together; Array has particulars: laurel and hardy
- duet(n = noun.group) couple, duo, twosome - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" is a kind of pair
- duet(n = noun.communication) duette, duo - a musical composition for two performers; Array has parts: primo, secondo
- duet(n = noun.act) pas de deux - (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble); Array is a kind of dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore
is a kind of 2, deuce, ii, two
has particulars: doubleton
is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
has particulars: same-sex marriage
is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
has parts: adagio
is a part of ballet, concert dance
OXFORD DICTIONARY
duet, n.
1 Mus. a a performance by two voices, instrumentalists, etc. b a composition for two performers.
2 a dialogue.
1 Mus. a a performance by two voices, instrumentalists, etc. b a composition for two performers.
2 a dialogue.
Derivative
duettist n.
Etymology
G Duett or It. duetto dimin. of duo duet f. L duo two
THESAURUS
duet
bipartisanship, both, brace, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, cooperation, cooperativeness, couple, couplet, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, duettino, duo, duumvirate, dyad, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, ensemble music, ensemble singing, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, mass action, match, mates, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, pair, part music, part singing, part song, polyphonic music, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, septet, septuor, sestet, set of two, sextet, solidarity, span, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team, team spirit, teamwork, terzet, terzetto, the two, trio, triumvirate, troika, twain, two, twosome, united action, yokeROGET THESAURUS
duet
Duality
N duality, dualism, duplicity, biplicity, biformity, polarity, two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins, fellows, yoke, conjugation, dispermy, doublets, dyad, span, two, twin, dual, dualistic, double, binary, binomial, twin, biparous, dyadic, conduplicate, duplex, biduous, binate, diphyletic, dispermic, unijugate, tete-a-tete, coupled, conjugate, both, both the one and the other.Music
N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
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