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Duo

//ˈdjuː.əʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  2. 2
    The mascot owl of Duolingo.
Noun
  1. 1
    Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
  2. 2
    a musical composition for two performers wordnet
  3. 3
    Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially:; Two musicians who perform music together.
  4. 4
    a pair who associate with one another wordnet
  5. 5
    Any pair of people.
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  1. 6
    two performers or singers who perform together wordnet
  2. 7
    Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
  3. 8
    two items of the same kind wordnet
  4. 9
    A meal with two paired components.

    "The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint."

  5. 10
    A song in two parts; a duet.

    "I noticed early on, in playing a duo with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing."

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

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