SEXTET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sextet mean? 

• SEXTET (noun)
  The noun SEXTET has 5 senses:

1. a musical composition written for six performers

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

3. six performers or singers who perform together

4. a set of six similar things considered as a unit

5. six people considered as a unit

  Familiarity information: SEXTET used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEXTET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical composition written for six performers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

sestet; sextet; sextette

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

6; Captain Hicks; half a dozen; hexad; sestet; sextet; sextuplet; sise; six; sixer; VI

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

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Six performers or singers who perform together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sestet; sextet; sextette

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

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

A set of six similar things considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sestet; sextet; sextette

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

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Six people considered as a unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sextet; sextette; sixsome

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

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)