1. a group of six people or things
2. a musical composition written for six performers
Usage: music
3. a group of six musicians who perform together
Usage: music

Examples

• The jazz sextet performed at the local club every Friday night.
• She arranged the chairs in a sextet around the conference table.
• The composer wrote a beautiful sextet for strings and piano.
• A sextet of dancers took the stage for the final number.
• The sextet of friends met for dinner once a month.
• Mozart’s sextet in E-flat major is considered one of his finest chamber works.