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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By Juan Velasquez April 4, 2025 Indie orchestral-pop quartet The Ophelias have a penchant for the classical.
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Juan Velasquez, Them., 4 Apr. 2025
Each of Forest’s attacking quartet brings something different to the table, but their skill sets complement each other effectively to provide a vital creative edge — particularly during attacking transitions, which have been a consistent source of goals against ‘Big Six’ opposition.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Sadly, Linda Lavin, who stood out with her elderly Jewish shtick, passed away suddenly after filming just eight episodes of Mid-Century Modern, so the quartet is now reduced to three.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The frontman has formed a new quartet, Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, which will perform songs from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and the Machina albums, along with selections from Corgan’s 2024 solo release Aghori Mhori Mei.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Juan Velasquez, Them., 4 Apr. 2025
Each of Forest’s attacking quartet brings something different to the table, but their skill sets complement each other effectively to provide a vital creative edge — particularly during attacking transitions, which have been a consistent source of goals against ‘Big Six’ opposition.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Sadly, Linda Lavin, who stood out with her elderly Jewish shtick, passed away suddenly after filming just eight episodes of Mid-Century Modern, so the quartet is now reduced to three.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The frontman has formed a new quartet, Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, which will perform songs from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and the Machina albums, along with selections from Corgan’s 2024 solo release Aghori Mhori Mei.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 8 Apr. 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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