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duet

(djuːet, US duː-)
Word forms: plural duets
countable noun
A duet is a piece of music sung or played by two people.

duet in British English

(djuːˈɛt)
noun
1.  Also called (esp for instrumental compositions): duo
a musical composition for two performers or voices
2. 
an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals
verbWord forms: duets, duetting or duetted
3. (intransitive)
to perform a duet
Derived forms
duettist (duˈettist)
noun
Word origin
C18: from Italian duetto a little duet, from duo duet, from Latin: two

duet in American English

(duˈɛt; djuˈɛt)
noun Music
1. 
a composition for two voices or two instruments
2. 
a performance involving two voices or instruments
verb intransitiveWord forms: duˈetted or duˈetting
3. 
to perform a duet
Word origin
It duetto, dim. of duo, duet < L, two

Examples of 'duet' in a sentence
duet

For the rest it was men in solos or duets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Success links you to a musical duet or a book that comes in two parts.
The Sun (2012)
It was also the beginning of the end of their performing duet.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Their final duet is one of the most tender in dance.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The final love duet seems to come long after our bedtime.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is a real love duet going on.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Perhaps we should record a duet?
The Sun (2009)
They get a week to learn a duet before performing for viewers' votes.
The Sun (2006)
Their final duet was a melody of sweet rapture, as it should be.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The singer recorded the duet earlier this year at the Hollywood studio used by her father.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
On the office computers or on the road using our laptops, we played a duet.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her father was a shoe maker, her mother and brother played piano duets.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
At home, they play piano duets.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In sombre tones of shadow and mulberry, four couples perform duets that flicker between struggle and dependency.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A final tender duet seems to return to the harmony of the opening.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It almost doesn't matter that the choreography in this programme of solos and duets is a mixed affair.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
JUST imagine the Beatles tracks the pair could duet on.
The Sun (2009)
The final duet of the ballet, with all its clashing emotions, was truly wrenching.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Push, the final duet, still brings the house down.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It feels as if a curtain is being lowered, but I try for a final duet before the denouement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)

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In other languages
duet

British English: duet NOUN
A duet is a piece of music sung or played by two people.
She sang a duet with husband.
  • American English: duet
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dueto
  • Chinese: 二重唱
  • European Spanish: dúo
  • French: duo
  • German: Duett
  • Italian: duetto
  • Japanese: デュエット
  • Korean: 듀엣 곡
  • European Portuguese: dueto
  • Latin American Spanish: dúo

Chinese translation of 'duet'

duet

(djuːˈɛt)

n (c)

  1. 二重唱曲/二重奏曲 (èrchóngchàng qǔ/èrchóngzòu qǔ) (首, shǒu)
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