Sextet

Word SEXTET
Character 6
Hyphenation sex tet
Pronunciations /sɛksˈtɛt/

Definitions and meanings of "Sextet"

What do we mean by sextet?

A composition for six voices or six instruments. noun

A group of six singers or six instrumentalists. noun

A group of six. noun

In music: noun

A work for sis voices or instruments. Compare quartet and quintet. Also sestet, sextuor. noun

A company of six performers who sing or play sextets. noun

A bicycle for six riders. noun

See sestet. noun

Any group of six people or things noun

A composition for six voices or instruments noun

A group of six singers or instrumentalists noun

The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one noun

Six performers or singers who perform together noun

A set of six similar things considered as a unit noun

Six people considered as a unit noun

A musical composition written for six performers noun

Any group of six people or things.

A composition for six voices or instruments.

A group of six singers or instrumentalists.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sextet

The word "sextet" in example sentences

The second part contains six lines, and is therefore called the sextet, from the Latin word sex, meaning six. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

In the B funnel scandium B is repeated, with an addition of _d_ 20 and a sextet for a quintet; the sextet is the _c_ of the "nitrogen balloon." ❋ Annie Wood Besant (1890)

As America's most renowned band devoted to klezmer - the secular, celebratory music of Eastern European Jewry - the sextet is a product of the unique alchemy of New York City's downtown music scene, where polyglot collaborations are the rule rather than the exception. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Russia's foreign ministry says new EU sanctions against Iran show scorn for the United Nations and the so-called "sextet" working to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear program. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Gourmet Club is a collection of six short stories - a "sextet" if you will, and while these tales reveal an array of subject matter and style, they are ultimately very good tales that just miss the mark for greatness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Iran's fiery rhetoric, and Russia has labored with the "sextet" to annul the ❋ Unknown (2010)

United Nations and the so-called "sextet" working to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear program. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Russia emphasized that the plant will operate under the IAEA verification systems and that the international community, i.e., the "sextet" in general and the United States specifically, do not oppose its operation in practice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This clever "sextet" combine beat box with a Capella singing to create a great tribute to MJ. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first track is to continue the UN Security Council Permanent 5+1 (Germany) 'sextet' to try and negotiate with Tehran to abandon its secret program and come under the IAEA regime. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But Lavrov suggested is the United States that should step up efforts - led by what Russia calls the 'sextet' of Britain, France, Russia, China, the U.S. and Germany - to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And he says the U.S. should join what Russia calls the 'sextet' of Britain, France, Russia, ❋ Unknown (2009)

Scarcely a week now goes by without another big reveal, with recent efforts including a lingerie calendar starring various athletes, and the Daily Mail's weird "sexy celestial" themed picture of six female athletes – or an "angels sextet", as the paper called them with mid-mesozoic innuendo. ❋ Unknown (2012)

When my college jazz sextet was sent by the State Department on a six-month tour of 23 countries in Latin America, my musical consciousness exploded. ❋ Joseph Vella (2011)

The complete plan is for three pairs of large buildings that respond to one another like members of a jazz sextet. ❋ Colin Amery (2011)

The Arensky Chamber Orchestra, one of several burgeoning young ensembles trying to revitalise concert life, devoted an entire evening to Verklärte Nacht, performing it, in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, variously as a sextet, with readings of the poem by Richard Dehmel on which it is based, and with a film of two dancers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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