octet
Americannoun
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a company of eight singers or musicians.
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a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.
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Prosody. octave.
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any group of eight.
noun
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any group of eight, esp eight singers or musicians
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a piece of music composed for such a group
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prosody another word for octave
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chem a group of eight electrons forming a stable shell in an atom
Etymology
Origin of octet
1860–65; oct- + -et, as in duet
Vocabulary lists containing octet
Example Sentences
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Mendelssohn Octet Felix Mendelssohn wrote the first version when he was 16.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023
Thurlow can be heard with Hampton on his recording of “I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” as well as a 1953 Charlies Mingus Octet album featuring Mingus’ song about interracial love, “Eclipse.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022
Imagine the premiere of the Octet at one of the Mendelssohns’ regular Sunday salons that attracted the leading poets, philosophers and powerful politicians of the day.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2020
At what point did you decide that Octet was going to be entirely a cappella?
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2019
For her appearance in the Aero Octet Felicity received, at the beginning, forty-five.
From Winner Take All by Evans, Larry
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