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noun
A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stanza
noun
a musical composition written for six performers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sextet, sextette
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Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
noun
a set of six similar things considered as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sextet, sextette
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Broader terms: set
noun
six performers or singers who perform together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sextet, sextette
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Broader terms: musical organization, musical organisation, musical group
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sextuplet, hexad
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
History
From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).
