quartet
Collocations
4ADJ.
last, produced, wonderful
VERB + QUARTET
composed, hears, string, wrote
QUARTET + NOUN
american, chamber, fighter, manzoni, requiem, vivaldi's
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
noun
A group of four people or things, particularly
The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.
A group of four people or things, particularly
The string quartet played some chamber music.
A group of four people or things, particularly
He composed a string quartet.
A group of four people or things, particularly
The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a musical composition for four performers
- quartette
noun — four people considered as a unit
- quartette
- foursome
noun — a set of four similar things considered as a unit
- quartette
- quadruplet
- quadruple
noun — four performers or singers who perform together
- quartette
noun — the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- four
- iv
- tetrad
- quatern
- quaternion
- quaternary
- quaternity
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The last of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1918.
WiktionaryThe string quartet played some chamber music.
WiktionaryHe composed a string quartet.
WiktionaryA quartet has one more member than a trio.
Tatoeba · #715784Tom often thinks of Mary when he hears a string quartet.
Tatoeba · #1028247A string quartet is rehearsing in the next room.
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