quintet
noun
quin·tet
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Definition of quintet
1
: a musical composition or movement for five instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of five: such as
a
: the performers of a quintet
b
: a basketball team
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The Spartans also welcome a quintet of freshmen with Kylie Hwang, Alison Woo, Rylee Thornburg, Amanda Grable and Chia Matuska the latest additions to the team. — Vincent Nguyenstaff Writer, La Cañada Valley Sun, "Girls’ Tennis Preview: La Cañada embraces new division hurdles," 4 Sep. 2019 The group will play at the festival three times over the weekend, but as a quartet, not a quintet. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "High Fidelity will add new/old twist to Summergrass bluegrass festival," 15 Aug. 2019 Concerts Calico Winds play quintets by Raymond Burkhart, Carolyn Bremer, John Steinmetz and Bill Douglas. — Los Angeles Times, "Classical music in L.A., Aug. 11-18: Bramwell Tovey & the LA Phil, Pacific Opera Project’s ‘Mikado’ and more," 9 Aug. 2019 Featuring rising drum star Jonathan Pinson and vibraphonist Joel Ross, the pianoless quintet is a sleek and subtly grooving unit. — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, "10 top acts highlight the 30th San Jose Jazz summer fest," 30 July 2019 Think Sigur Rós, Sugarcubes, Bjork and the multiplatinum quintet Of Monsters And Men, who mark their return today with Fever Dream. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, "Of Monsters And Men Return With Third Album 'Fever Dream': Stream It Now," 26 July 2019 The boys react much of the time in quintet, voices blending in disbelief and outrage. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "UCSD professor Anthony Davis’ opera ‘The Central Park Five’ goes where Netflix doesn’t dare," 17 June 2019 The boys react much of the time in quintet, voices blending in disbelief and outrage. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: Anthony Davis’ opera ‘The Central Park Five’ goes where Netflix doesn’t dare," 17 June 2019 The Rockies are the only team in the quintet with a strikeout rate more than 0.5 percentage points higher than league-average, the Astros are the second-hardest team in baseball to strike out, and none of them are easy to whiff. — Michael Beller, SI.com, "No Longer as Predictable, Kyle Hendricks Has Become a Strikeout Threat Again," 8 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quintet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for quintet
quintet
noun
English Language Learners Definition of quintet
: a group of five singers or musicians who perform together
: a piece of music for five singers or musicians
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quintet
noun
quin·tet
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Kids Definition of quintet
1
: a piece of music for five instruments or voices
2
: a group of five singers or musicians who perform together
3
: a group or set of five
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