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DUO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: dui   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical composition for two performers

Synonyms:

duet; duette; duo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):

composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)

Meronyms (parts of "duo"):

primo (the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet))

secondo (the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pair who associate with one another

Example:

an inseparable twosome

Synonyms:

couple; duet; duo; twosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):

pair (two people considered as a unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duo"):

same-sex marriage (two people of the same sex who live together as a family)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Two performers or singers who perform together

Synonyms:

duet; duette; duo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):

musical group; musical organisation; musical organization (an organization of musicians who perform together)

Instance hyponyms:

Laurel and Hardy (United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Two items of the same kind

Synonyms:

brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("duo" is a kind of...):

2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)

Meronyms (parts of "duo"):

fellow; mate (one of a pair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duo"):

doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)

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