noun
1. four performers or singers who perform together
• Syn: ↑quartet
• Hypernyms: ↑musical organization, ↑musical organisation, ↑musical group
• Hyponyms: ↑barbershop quartet, ↑string quartet, ↑string quartette
2. four people considered as a unit
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he joined a barbershop quartet
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the foursome teed off before 9 a.m.
• Hypernyms: ↑gathering, ↑assemblage
• Hyponyms: ↑quadrumvirate
3. a set of four similar things considered as a unit
• Syn: ↑quartet, ↑quadruplet, ↑quadruple
• Hypernyms: ↑set
4. a musical composition for four performers
• Syn: ↑quartet
• Hypernyms: ↑musical composition, ↑opus, ↑composition, ↑piece, ↑piece of music
Useful english dictionary. 2012.