Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective All. Used chiefly as a direction to indicate that all performers are to take part.
- noun An ensemble of musicians, in contrast to a soloist or group of soloists, in a concerto.
- noun A passage of ensemble music intended to be executed by all the performers simultaneously.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, all the voices or instruments together; concerted: opposed to solo.
- noun A concerted movement or passage intended for or performed by all the voices or instruments together, or by most of them: opposed to solo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Mus.) All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb music All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a
solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. - noun music A
passage in which all members of anorchestra are playing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Claudia Cardinale, l'attrice che ho sempre seguito in tutti i suoi drive-in theatre criminal l'enorme ammirazione per la sua bellezza ...
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La Rocca di Pietore, situata né monti più aspri e confinante con paesi esteri, in tutti i tempi esposta all 'invasione dei nemici, con caratteri di Sangue ha dati segni infallibile della sua fede, e dimostrato che gli abitanti di quella, quanto più semplice e poveri di beni di fortuna, tanto più sonodotati di ardenza e prontezza a sagrificare sè stessi in servigio del principe loro; da che è sortito che sempre dalla Serenità Vostra sono stati con elementissimo occhio riguardati conservandoli in tutti i tempi illesi ed intalli quei privilegi che gli sono più delle pupille degli occhi cari, &c. &c. PRIMIERO.
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"tutti". however; sono tutti TERRONE. written by Guest, February 25, 2005
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"tutti". however; sono tutti TERRONE. written by Guest, February 25, 2005
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If corporations are people, guess who ends up as capo di tutti capi.
Paula Gordon: Who is "We"? Paula Gordon 2011
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Così fan tutti, which, as I understand it, means "So do they all."
Liberal Tax Dodgers and the Disrespected Sushi Chef David Mamet 2011
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When one's hair can rise no further, a final statement of the gallop theme brings us to the closing phrases of the work, with a rocking-horse series of E-major and B-major chords, a last powerful descent of those noble trombones, and a rousing tutti flourish to crown the ending in triumph.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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The NI head, son of the capo di tutti capi, had many techniques for side-stepping the trickier questions.
James Murdoch: never has one man known so little, and so often 2011
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Antiphon This is the wood of the cross – chant (tutti)
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Psalm 118 This is the day the Lord has made – chant (tutti)
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