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duo

UK/ˈdjuː.əʊ/ US/ˈd͡ʒuː.əʊ/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

two performers or singers who perform together

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3.

a pair who associate with one another

  • “the engaged couple”
  • “an inseparable twosome”
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4.

a musical composition for two performers

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • comedy duo
  • duo euthanasia
  • lip duo

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