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# duet

noun (a duet, duets); verb (duet, duets, duetted, duetting — rare)

«duet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A duet is a piece of music for two singers or two players. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#m1)
2. A duet is a performance by two people together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#m2)
3. (rare) To duet means to perform a duet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons and concerts; in stories, two characters sing together; related: solo (one), trio (three), quartet (four).

### Examples

- My sister and I sang a duet at the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#x1)
- The piano duet had four hands on one keyboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#x2)
- The birds seemed to sing a duet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#x3)
- They duetted on a famous love song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#x4)
- A duet needs two performers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#x5)
- ‘Now they must sing together; what a duet we shall have!’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Numbers: solo = 1, duet = 2, trio = 3, quartet = 4. Say it «dew-ET».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «duet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«duet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/duet.html) on Mova free.