duo

Definitions of duo. two items of the same kind. synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke. types: doubleton. (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player.

duo of artists working together.

a song or other piece of music sung or played by two people. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

Two dancers can also perform a duet, a dance especially choreographed for a couple. Duet stems from the Italian duetto, "musical composition for two voices," from duo, or "two." Definitions of duet. two performers or singers who perform together. synonyms: duette, duo.

Latin duo Etymology. PIE word. *dwóh₁ From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

Which should you use, dual, duel or duo? The adjective dual means having two parts or functions. A duel is a formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between two people as a way of deciding an argument. The noun duo refers to a pair of musicians or performers.

music. Also known as: duet.

a musical composition for two voices or instruments.

A mashup (also mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bastard pop or bootleg) is a creative work, usually a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, typically by superimposing the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another and changing the tempo and key where necessary.

noun,plural du·os. Music. duet. two persons commonly associated with each other; couple.

duo (n.) 1580s, "song for two voices, duet," via either Italian or French from Latin duo "two" (from PIE root *dwo- "two"). Meaning "two people" (especially as an entertainment team) attested by 1887.

But an iconic duo isn't just a coming together of famous individuals – these partners are usually greater than the sum of their parts. What this means is that iconic duos are usually better together than they are apart.