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SEXTET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sextet mean? 

SEXTET (noun)
  The noun SEXTET has 5 senses:

1. a musical composition written for six performersplay

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and oneplay

3. six performers or singers who perform togetherplay

4. a set of six similar things considered as a unitplay

5. six people considered as a unitplay

  Familiarity information: SEXTET used as a noun is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEXTET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical composition written for six performers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

sestet; sextet; sextette

Hypernyms ("sextet" is a kind of...):

composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

6; Captain Hicks; half a dozen; hexad; sestet; sextet; sextuplet; sise; six; sixer; VI

Hypernyms ("sextet" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Six performers or singers who perform together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sestet; sextet; sextette

Hypernyms ("sextet" is a kind of...):

musical group; musical organisation; musical organization (an organization of musicians who perform together)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A set of six similar things considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sestet; sextet; sextette

Hypernyms ("sextet" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)


Sense 5

Meaning:

Six people considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sextet; sextette; sixsome

Hypernyms ("sextet" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)


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