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DUO
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Irregular inflected form: dui
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical composition for two performers
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Meronyms (parts of "duo"):
primo (the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
secondo (the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A pair who associate with one another
Example:
an inseparable twosome
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):
pair (two people considered as a unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duo"):
same-sex marriage (two people of the same sex who live together as a family)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Two performers or singers who perform together
Synonyms:
duet; duette; duo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):
musical group; musical organisation; musical organization (an organization of musicians who perform together)
Instance hyponyms:
Laurel and Hardy (United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Two items of the same kind
Synonyms:
brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):
2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)
Meronyms (parts of "duo"):
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duo"):
doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)
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