a dueadv.

Brit.

/a ˈduːeɪ/,

/ɑː ˈduːeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌɑ ˈdueɪ/

Forms: 1700s a doi, 1700s– a due.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian a due, a doi.

Etymology: < Italian a due, †a doi for two, between two < a to + due two (see deuce n.¹). Compare à deux adv.

Music.

For two voices or instruments; (now usually) spec. together; in unison.

ΚΠ

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 3 A Due, or Doi,..signifies for two..parts.

1811 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music A Due, or A2. For two voices.

1894 Music Mar. 502 The two often play together, ‘a due’ being the term used in scores to indicate this conjunction of any two wind instruments.

1967 Listener 27 July 125/1 Tchaikovsky asks a good deal of the section, notably in requiring some of the trickiest passages to be played a due rather than solo—which would be easier to co-ordinate.

1998 J. Waldoff in W. D. Sutcliffe Haydn Stud. iii. 116 The conclusion of their duet in the first finale is in some ways the more compelling, for it is the first time the lovers sing a due and seem in fact to be lovers.

2002 Cambr. Opera Jrnl. 14 91 They literally ‘perform together’ here, since the cabaletta has them sing a due for the first time in the entire duet.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a due
释义	a dueadv. Brit. /a ˈduːeɪ/, /ɑː ˈduːeɪ/, U.S. /ˌɑ ˈdueɪ/ Forms: 1700s a doi, 1700s– a due. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian a due, a doi. Etymology: < Italian a due, †a doi for two, between two < a to + due two (see deuce n.¹). Compare à deux adv. Music. For two voices or instruments; (now usually) spec. together; in unison. ΚΠ 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 3 A Due, or Doi,..signifies for two..parts. 1811 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music A Due, or A2. For two voices. 1894 Music Mar. 502 The two often play together, ‘a due’ being the term used in scores to indicate this conjunction of any two wind instruments. 1967 Listener 27 July 125/1 Tchaikovsky asks a good deal of the section, notably in requiring some of the trickiest passages to be played a due rather than solo—which would be easier to co-ordinate. 1998 J. Waldoff in W. D. Sutcliffe Haydn Stud. iii. 116 The conclusion of their duet in the first finale is in some ways the more compelling, for it is the first time the lovers sing a due and seem in fact to be lovers. 2002 Cambr. Opera Jrnl. 14 91 They literally ‘perform together’ here, since the cabaletta has them sing a due for the first time in the entire duet. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1740
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