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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Rilo Kiley—the quartet of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel—haven’t performed together live since 2008.
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Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Feb. 2025
The rap-rock quartet, made up of vocalist ASH, bassist Sato, drummer WANI, and DJ Dhalsim, celebrated its third anniversary in September and was reborn with a new lineup.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
The pair watched each other so as not to overstep on a beat and engaged in a stylistic showdown mid-song – Copeland’s jazzier style teamed with Fleetwood’s more primal thumping – as the quartet made joyful noise.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
In The Four Graces, a photograph from the same year, a quartet of naked men form a lineup of blunt dong: tender, thatched, and of varying size.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Feb. 2025
The rap-rock quartet, made up of vocalist ASH, bassist Sato, drummer WANI, and DJ Dhalsim, celebrated its third anniversary in September and was reborn with a new lineup.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
The pair watched each other so as not to overstep on a beat and engaged in a stylistic showdown mid-song – Copeland’s jazzier style teamed with Fleetwood’s more primal thumping – as the quartet made joyful noise.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
In The Four Graces, a photograph from the same year, a quartet of naked men form a lineup of blunt dong: tender, thatched, and of varying size.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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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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