duet
/djuˈɛt/ verb C2- To perform a duet.
- To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song. · 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223, Duetting species are typically monogamous.
- To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
- (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.
He/she/it duets · Past duetted · Past participle duetted · -ing form duetting
Verb forms
- Base form
- duet
- He/she/it
- duets
- Past
- duetted
- Past participle
- duetted
- -ing form
- duetting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Bertha Sampson and Pearl Clay of the White Sands Baptist choir had been asked to sing a duet; Milton Clark of Newbridge was to give a violin solo; Winnie Adella Blair of Carmody was to sing a Scotch ballad; and Laura Spencer of Spencervale and Anne Shirley of Avonlea were to recite.
Most of my readers are aware that the second act of Parisina opens with the celebrated and effective duet in which Parisina, while sleeping, betrays to Azzo the secret of her love for Ugo.
This duet is one of the most beautiful, expressive and terrible conceptions that has ever emanated from the fruitful pen of Donizetti.
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