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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The quartet is joining up with three other spaceflyers on the ISS — NASA's Chris Williams and cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
It was led by Kaden Southard, Zach Mehlman, Jasen Rakowski and Sean Crabtree, as the quartet combined to win 400 freestyle relay.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
The quartet combines to average 62 points this season.
—CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Its primary quartet of actors — Stellan Skarsgård as a legendary director angling for a comeback, Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as his daughters and Elle Fanning as an A-list actor who becomes entangled in the family drama — all received nods.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
It was led by Kaden Southard, Zach Mehlman, Jasen Rakowski and Sean Crabtree, as the quartet combined to win 400 freestyle relay.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
The quartet combines to average 62 points this season.
—CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Its primary quartet of actors — Stellan Skarsgård as a legendary director angling for a comeback, Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as his daughters and Elle Fanning as an A-list actor who becomes entangled in the family drama — all received nods.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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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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