Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Music An instrumental piece composed of a series of variations, as a suite.
- n. Music One of the variations contained in such a piece.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In music, a suite, or a set of variations.
Wiktionary
- n. music A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mus.) A suite; a set of variations.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one of the variations contained in a partita
- n. (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century
Etymologies
- From Italian partita (Wiktionary)
- Italian, from feminine past participle of partire, divide, from Latin partīre; see partite. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Davey OBrien Award (Miglior Quarterback): ancora una volta la partita sembra riservata principalmente the Tim e Colt, matriarch dietro the loro arise un Case Keenum in netta rimonta dopo gli straordinari numeri messi insieme in questa stagione che lo hanno visto viaggiare ad una media di 4 TD pass the partita, rivelandolo come arma in pi dellattacco di Houston, the livello stellare criminal lui in cabina di regia.”
“A well-trained memory is essential for a player to envision and select — from the numerous combinations available to the mind's eye — those tactical "moves" that cause the most advantageous resolution of a given partita.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
“Now when the fiddle sang at all it sang alone: but since Stephen's departure he had rarely been in a mood for music and in any case the partita that he was now engaged upon, one of the manuscript works that he had bought in London, grew more and more strange the deeper he went into it.”
“I have tried this partita in C a good many times, and the argument goes so deep, so close and deep, that I scarcely follow it yet, let alone make it sing.”
“Ho anche fatto l'abbonamento a un canale sportivo via internet da guardare sul laptop cosi' posso finalmente godermi una buona dose di sport europeo - ieri guardavo una partita del Newcastle giusto perche' potevo!”
“Benché il paracadutismo in topless sia interessante, in realtà ho postato il video perché adoro quando una partita di golf viene interrotta.”
“Some Mozart, a Bach partita or sonata of my choosing, some sight reading.”
“E ricordate: ogni Ubik della nostra partita è stato usato solo come da istruzioni.”
“Le clip sono cinque segmenti televisivi mostrati casualmente, insieme ai cinque postati ieri, prima di ogni partita a Metal Gear Solid 4.”
“La squadra bianca e la squadra nera lottano per la vittoria, mentre il tempo ticchetta via e la birra attende sconfitti e vincitori, per una memorabile celebrazione del dopo partita.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘partita’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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Beautiful Music
a cappella, accelerando, accompagnato, adagio, ad libitum, agitato, aleatory, alla breve, allegro, allemande, alto, andante and 548 more...
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participation
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impromptu, prelude, elegy, csárdás, bourrée, sarabande, partita, virtuoso, sonatina, fantasia, maestoso, lamentando and 34 more...
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Usage:
"'It is strange stuff, fugues and suites of the last age, crabbed and knotted sometimes and not at all in the modern taste, but I do assure you, Stephen, there is meat it in it. I have tried this partita in C a good many times, and the argument goes so deep, so close and deep, that I scarcely follow it yet, let alone make it sing. How I should love to hear it played really well — to hear Viotti dashing away.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 48 Feb 10, 2008