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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUET, DUETTO, n. A song or air in two parts.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
2: two performers or singers who perform together [syn: duet, duette, duo]
3: a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" [syn: couple, twosome, duo, duet]
4: a musical composition for two performers [syn: duet, duette, duo]
5: (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) [syn: pas de deux, duet]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Italian duetto, diminutive of duo duo Date: circa 1740 a composition for two performers II. intransitive verb (duetted or dueted; duetting or dueting) Date: 1822 to perform a duet

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Mus. a a performance by two voices, instrumentalists, etc. b a composition for two performers. 2 a dialogue. Derivatives: duettist n. Etymology: G Duett or It. duetto dimin. of duo duet f. L duo two

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Duet Du*et", n. [Duetto.] (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(duets) A duet is a piece of music sung or played by two people. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

bipartisanship, both, brace, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, cooperation, cooperativeness, couple, couplet, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, duettino, duo, duumvirate, dyad, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, ensemble music, ensemble singing, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, mass action, match, mates, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, pair, part music, part singing, part song, polyphonic music, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, septet, septuor, sestet, set of two, sextet, solidarity, span, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team, team spirit, teamwork, terzet, terzetto, the two, trio, triumvirate, troika, twain, two, twosome, united action, yoke