bis1
/bis
/adverb Music
(As a direction) again.An alternate way to designate the repeat of a two-measure phrase is the use of word bis (meaning twice) centered in brackets over the phrase....
- If a short passage of two or three bars is to be repeated then the phrase itself might be highlighted with a line with square ends lying above the bar and the word bis in the middle of the line.
- For short passages of a bar or so,the word Bis is used.
Origin
Via French and Italian from Latin, literally 'twice'.
Rhymes
BIS2
abbreviation
Bank for International Settlements.
- come round
- come running
- COMESA
- come short
- come shot
- comess
- comestible
- comet
- cometary
- come the raw prawn
- come the ——
- come through
- come to
- come to a bad end
- come to a head
- come to a sticky end
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to naught
- come to no harm
- come to nothing
- come to (or meet) a sticky end
- come to pass
- come to rest
- come to someone's assistance