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quartet

[ kwawr-tet ]

noun

  1. any group of four persons or things.
  2. an organized group of four singers or players.
  3. a musical composition for four voices or instruments.


quartet

/ °ì·ÉÉ”Ëˈ³ÙÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. a group of four singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group See string quartet
  2. any group of four

    a quartet of fast bowlers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quartet

  1. A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four instruments or voices.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quartet1

1765–75; < Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto < Latin quartus fourth
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of quartet1

C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth
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His band Sqürl, a collaboration with his producer and composer Carter Logan, created a new original score for a restored quartet of Man Ray’s experimental short films, releasing “Music for Man Ray†last May.

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Scribner: The string quartet plays from an empty dressing room for most of the show.

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A quartet of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers shapes footage of the bulldozing of West Bank’s Masafer Yatta into a cry of conscience against occupation.

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Of the quartet though, Williams was the only one to stay at Harlequins.

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But I was most drawn to a quartet of less heralded but equally engaging novels that turned out to have some serendipitous connections.

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