duet
Americannoun
noun
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Also called (esp for instrumental compositions): duo. a musical composition for two performers or voices
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an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals
verb
Other Word Forms
- duettist noun
Etymology
Origin of duet
1730–40; earlier duett < Italian duetto, equivalent to du ( o ) duet + -etto -et
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Example Sentences
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Elsewhere, Rosé also wrote herself into Brits history by becoming the first K-Pop act to win an award, international song of the year, for her duet with Bruno Mars, APT.
From BBC
To see why that is, watch her duet and duel with Carpenter in “The Muppet Show” revival.
From Salon
Dean, meanwhile, has two chances at winning the title with Man I Need and Rein Me In, the latter a chart-topping duet with Fender.
From BBC
In the early 1980s Mr. McCartney worked on duets with Michael Jackson and, in a spirit of generosity, told him that the real money was in publishing.
The new number one is a duet reworking of a track of the same name taken from Fender's third studio album, the Mercury Prize-winning People Watching.
From BBC
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