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septet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun septet has 5 senses
- septet(n = noun.quantity) 7, heptad, septenary, seven, sevener, vii - the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one; Array is a kind of digit, figure
- septet(n = noun.group) septette - seven performers or singers who perform together; Array is a kind of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
- septet(n = noun.group) septette - a set of seven similar things considered as a unit; Array is a kind of set
- septet(n = noun.group) septette, sevensome - seven people considered as a unit; Array is a kind of assemblage, gathering
- septet(n = noun.communication) septette - a musical composition written for seven performers; Array is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
CIDE DICTIONARY
septet, n. [From L. septem seven, like duet, from L. duo.].
- A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers. [1913 Webster]
- A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also
septuor . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
septet, n. (also septette)
1 Mus. a a composition for seven performers. b the performers of such a composition.
2 any group of seven.
1 Mus. a a composition for seven performers. b the performers of such a composition.
2 any group of seven.
Etymology
G Septett f. L septem seven
THESAURUS
septet
Heptateuch, Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, bipartisanship, book, burden, canto, chorus, 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, couplet, distich, duet, duettino, duo, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, ensemble music, ensemble singing, envoi, epode, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, heptachord, heptad, heptagon, heptahedron, heptameter, heptarchy, heptastich, hexastich, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, line, mass action, measure, monostich, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octastich, octave, octet, ottava rima, part music, part singing, part song, pentastich, polyphonic music, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quatrain, quintet, reciprocity, refrain, rhyme royal, septennate, septuor, sestet, seven, sevener, sextet, solidarity, stanza, stave, strain, strophe, syllable, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, teamwork, tercet, terza rima, terzet, terzetto, tetrastich, trio, triplet, tristich, triumvirate, troika, united action, verse, week
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