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"obbligato":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an elaborate especially melodic part accompanying a solo or principal melody and usually played by a single instrument":[
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"a song with violin obbligato"
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],
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": not to be omitted : obligatory":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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],
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"\u2014 compare ad libitum":[
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"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"with the babble of the brook as an obbligato , we enjoyed our picnic",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The other was the whole first section of the fast movement, a solo in F major with obbligato flute, in which Florestan recalls happier days with Leonore at his side. \u2014 Will Crutchfield, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson\u2019s advice, sang the insert. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"The long orchestral introduction left no doubt as to where composer Stephenson\u2019s interests lay, the work\u2019s first two movements amounting to symphonic statements with bass trombone obbligato . \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 14 June 2019",
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"The aria is enhanced by trumpet and oboe obbligatos , which were handled deftly by trumpeter Steve Marquardt and oboist Debra Nagy. \u2014 Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com , 16 Oct. 2017",
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"The orchestra's alert accompaniment was at one with the pianist's purposes, as was Stefan Ragnar Hoskuldsson's dulcet flute obbligato in the opening movement. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1740, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Italian, \"obligatory, essential to a musical composition,\" from past participle of obbligare \"to require (someone to do something), oblige,\" going back to Latin oblig\u0101re \u2014 more at oblige":"Adjective",
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"derivative of obbligato entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4-bl\u0259-\u02c8g\u00e4-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"accompaniment",
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"attendant",
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"companion",
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"concomitant",
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"corollary",
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"incident"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212444",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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}
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}
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