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tri·o

 (trē′ō)
n. pl. tri·os
1. Music
a. A composition for three voices or three instruments.
b. A group of three singers or three instrumentalists.
c. The middle, contrasting section of a minuet, scherzo, march, or various other forms.
2. A group of three.

[French, composition for three voices, from Italian : tri-, three (from Latin; see trei- in Indo-European roots) + (du)o, duet; see duo.]
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trio

(ˈtriːəʊ)
n, pl trios
1. a group of three people or things
2. (Music, other) music
a. a group of three singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
b. a subordinate section in a scherzo, minuet, etc, that is contrastive in style and often in a related key
3. (Card Games) piquet three cards of the same rank
[C18: from Italian, ultimately from Latin trēs three; compare duo]
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tri•o

(ˈtri oʊ)

n., pl. tri•os.
1. any group of three persons or things.
2. a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
3. a company of three singers or players.
4. the middle section of a minuet, scherzo, or march.
[1715–25; < Italian, =tri- tri- + (du)o two]
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Trio

 a musical composition for three performers; a group or set of three.
Examples: trio of charming cousins, 1904; of walruses, 1856.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.trio - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and onetrio - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
2.trio - a musical composition for three performerstrio - a musical composition for three performers
musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
3.trio - three performers or singers who perform togethertrio - three performers or singers who perform together
musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
4.trio - a set of three similar things considered as a unittrio - a set of three similar things considered as a unit
trilogy - a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
triplicity, trigon - (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
5.trio - three people considered as a unittrio - three people considered as a unit  
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
triumvirate - a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority
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trio

noun threesome, triple, trinity, trilogy, triplet, triad, triumvirate, triptych, trine, triune classy songs from a Texas trio
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trio

noun
A group of three individuals:
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Translations
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trio

[ˈtrɪəʊ] Ntrío m
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trio

[ˈtriːəʊ] n
(= group of three musicians or singers) → trio m
(= piece of music for three musicians or singers) → trio m
(= group of three people or things) → trio m
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trio

nTrio nt
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trio

[ˈtrɪəʊ] ntrio
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trio

(ˈtriːəu) plural ˈtrios noun
1. a group of three (people or things).
2. (a piece of music for) three players. A trio was playing in the hotel lounge; a trio by Mozart.
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“The amount of all this, then, Dickon, is that the trio, of which you are one, and the principal, have made some important discovery.”
He may likewise recognize in Robinson, Rezner, and Hoback, the trio of Kentucky hunters who had originally been in the service of Mr.
The trio put up at the hotel where Professor Bumper was to meet them.
Or, being armed with their long keen whaling spears, they were as a picked trio of lancers; even as the harpooneers were flingers of javelins.
Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees.
Three men ran together, hand in hand; and I made out, even through the mist, that the middle man of this trio was the blind beggar.
On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor's with a small party; Lanyon had been there; and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends.
"Now El Emanu!" slowly and with upturned eyes ejaculated the trio, as, letting go their hold, the emancipated porker tumbled headlong among the Philistines, "El Emanu!-God be with us it is the unutterable flesh!"
About midnight this work ended without accident, but at the cost of most severe exertion, and the trio partook of a luncheon of pemmican and cold punch, as the doctor had no more fire to place at Joe's disposal.
It was now dusk, but the watchers at the gate saw the approaching trio and distinguished one as a prisoner ere they reached the portals.
Breakfast was an excitement shared in peculiarly by the Ancient Mariner and Dag Daughtry, while the trio of partners raged and bewailed.
"And you took my book away and hid it 'cause I wouldn't go and swing when you wanted me to," added Annette, the oldest of the Snow trio.