sextet

A noun referring to a group or set of six people, things, or performers, or a musical composition written for six voices or instruments.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Gruppe oder einen Satz von sechs Personen, Dingen oder Ausführenden bezeichnet oder ein Musikstück für sechs Stimmen oder Instrumente.

1. Musical composition for six B2 formal art

   A piece of music written to be performed by six musicians or singers.

   • The composer wrote a beautiful sextet for strings.
   • The sextet was performed at the concert hall last night.
   • They rehearsed the sextet for weeks before the performance.

   🇩🇪Sextett

2. Group of six performers B2 formal art

   A group of six musicians or singers who perform together as an ensemble.

   • The jazz sextet played a lively set at the club.
   • She joined a vocal sextet that specializes in baroque music.
   • The sextet received a standing ovation for their performance.

   🇩🇪Sextett

   Synonyme: sextette

3. Set of six things B2 formal

   A collection or group of six similar items considered as a unit.

   • The artist created a sextet of paintings for the exhibition.
   • A sextet of novels forms the series.
   • The set includes a sextet of matching glasses.

   🇩🇪Sextett

   Synonyme: half-dozensixsixsome

4. Group of six people B2 formal

   Any group of six individuals considered together as a unit.

   • A sextet of friends went on a hiking trip together.
   • The committee was a sextet of experts from different fields.
   • The sextet of volunteers organized the charity event.

   🇩🇪Gruppe von sechs Personen

   Synonyme: half-dozensextupletsixsixsome

5. The number six A2 formal

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

   • A sextet is the same as the number six.
   • The dice showed a sextet of dots.
   • He counted a sextet of apples in the basket.

   🇩🇪Sechs

   Synonyme: half-dozensix

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• sextet's possessive singular form