What does "duet" mean?

A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).

What is a synonym for "duet"?

Common synonyms include: duo, couple, couple, pair, twosome, bipartisanship.

//djuˈɛt// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
2
(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) wordnet
3
A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
4
a musical composition for two performers wordnet
5
A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
"The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by a duet of chicken and shrimp..."

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Verb

1
To perform a duet. intransitive
"1822, Lord Byron, Letter to Mr. Moore, Pisa, July 12, 1822, in The Letters of George Gordon Byron, edited by Mathilde Blind, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 277, https://books.google.ca/books?id=-DF4Zs_eezUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false When you can spare time from duetting, coquetting, and claretting with your Hibernians of both sexes, let me have a line from you."
2
To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song. intransitive
"1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223, Duetting species are typically monogamous."
3
To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet. transitive
"Peena and Queena are duetting a giggle-for-giggle […]"
4
(of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus. transitive
"“My dear papa!” duetted the girls; but there was something in the husband and father's face, that told the three ladies it would be worse than useless to raise that question at present."