variants
or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially
: the performers of a quartet
Examples of quartet in a Sentence
He is a member of a jazz quartet.
a string quartet by Beethoven
The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
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The process of creating the album gifted the quartet with a newfound sense of clarity.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
But there’s still an element of unknown, as the Heat’s injury issues limited the quartet of Adebayo, Butler, Herro and Rozier to just 10 games together this season.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
But there’s still an element of unknown, as the Heat’s injury issues limited the quartet of Adebayo, Butler, Herro and Rozier to just 10 games together this season.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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quartet
noun
quar·tet
variants
also quartette
1
a
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
b
: the performers of a quartet
2
: a group or set of four
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