variants
or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially
: the performers of a quartet
Examples of quartet in a Sentence
He is a member of a jazz quartet.
a string quartet by Beethoven
The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
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Then featuring Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware, Philip Adrian Wright, and Philip Oakey, the quartet was armed with Korgs and Rolands and nary a guitar in sight.
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Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 28 May 2026
The Koa Quartet is the current student quartet-in-residence at the music school at the University of Colorado Boulder, and its members have the distinction of being the Denver Chamber Music Festival’s first class of fellows, a new tradition the organization hopes will become a regular thing.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
French tennis wasn’t created by the quartet of players Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste, but the group—Les Quatre Mousquetaires—really made French tennis popular in the 1920s.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The three starters in the quartet — senior Peyton Balanag, a College of Lake County commit; senior Braylan McCarthy, a Milwaukee Area Technical commit; and junior Alex Kolcier – have started 25 of 32 games and combined for 125 innings.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
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Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 28 May 2026
The Koa Quartet is the current student quartet-in-residence at the music school at the University of Colorado Boulder, and its members have the distinction of being the Denver Chamber Music Festival’s first class of fellows, a new tradition the organization hopes will become a regular thing.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
French tennis wasn’t created by the quartet of players Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste, but the group—Les Quatre Mousquetaires—really made French tennis popular in the 1920s.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The three starters in the quartet — senior Peyton Balanag, a College of Lake County commit; senior Braylan McCarthy, a Milwaukee Area Technical commit; and junior Alex Kolcier – have started 25 of 32 games and combined for 125 innings.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
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“Quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartet. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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quartet
noun
quar·tet
variants
also quartette
1
a
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
b
: the performers of a quartet
2
: a group or set of four
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