DUET
Dictionary entry overview: What does duet mean?
• DUET (noun)
The noun DUET has 5 senses:
1. two items of the same kind
2. two performers or singers who perform together
3. a pair who associate with one another
4. a musical composition for two performers
5. (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)
Familiarity information: DUET used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• DUET (noun)
Meaning:
Two items of the same kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
duo; duet; duad; distich; couplet; twain; twosome; dyad; pair; brace; span; yoke; couple
Hypernyms ("duet" is a kind of...):
2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duet"):
doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)
Meaning:
Two performers or singers who perform together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
duette; duet; duo
Hypernyms ("duet" is a kind of...):
musical group; musical organisation; musical organization (an organization of musicians who perform together)
Instance hyponyms:
Laurel and Hardy (United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together)
Meaning:
A pair who associate with one another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
twosome; duo; duet; couple
Context examples:
the engaged couple / an inseparable twosome
Hypernyms ("duet" is a kind of...):
pair (two people considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duet"):
same-sex marriage (two people of the same sex who live together as a family)
Meaning:
A musical composition for two performers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
duette; duet; duo
Hypernyms ("duet" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Meronyms (parts of "duet"):
primo (the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
secondo (the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
Meaning:
(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
pas de deux; duet
Hypernyms ("duet" is a kind of...):
dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)
Meronyms (parts of "duet"):
adagio (a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers)
Holonyms ("duet" is a part of...):
ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)
