n. 1. Music a. A composition for two voices or two instruments. b. A group of two singers or two instrumentalists. 2. A pair. intr.v. du·et·ted, du·et·ting, du·ets To perform a duet. [Italian duetto, diminutive of duo, from Latin, two; see dwo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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