Septet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music A composition for seven voices or seven instruments.
  • n. Music A group of seven singers or seven instrumentalists.
  • n. A group of seven.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A group of seven; often applied to a musical group of seven performers.
  • n. A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A set of seven persons or objects.
  • n. A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music:
  • n. A work for seven voices or instruments. Compare quartet and quintet.
  • n. A company of seven performers who sing or play septets. Also septette, septuor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
  • n. a set of seven similar things considered as a unit
  • n. seven performers or singers who perform together
  • n. seven people considered as a unit
  • n. a musical composition written for seven performers
  • Equivalent
    septette   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    sestet    octave    quatrain    couplet    tercet    cinquain   
    Variant
    septuor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sextet    octet    sextuple    quartet    sestet    triplet    duad    monad    quatrain    concerto