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Definition of quartet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quartet

noun
 
/kwɔːˈtet/
 
/kwɔːrˈtet/
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  1. [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of four musicians or singers who play or sing together
    • the Amadeus Quartet
    • The quartet is/are performing in the Town Hall tonight.
  2. [countable] a piece of music for four musicians or singers
    • a Beethoven string quartet
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  3. [countable + singular or plural verb] a set of four people or things
    • the last in a quartet of novels
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘set of four’): from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, from quarto ‘fourth’, from Latin quartus.
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