Forte

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forte \Forte\ (f[=o]rt), n. [IT. forte: cf. F. fort. See
     {Fort}.]
     1. The strong point; that in which one excels.
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              The construction of a fable seems by no means the


              forte of our modern poetical writers. --Jeffrey.
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     2. The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of
        half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forte \For"te\ (f[^o]r"t[asl] or f[=o]r"t[asl]), adv. [It.
     forte, a. & adv., fr. L. fortis strong.] (Mus.)
     Loudly; strongly; powerfully.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forte
       adj : used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the
             forte passages in the composition" [syn: {loud}] [ant:
             {piano}]
       n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
            [syn: {strong suit}, {long suit}, {metier}, {specialty},
             {speciality}, {strong point}, {strength}] [ant: {weak
            point}]
       2: (music) with great loudness [syn: {fortissimo}]
       3: the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the
          foible
       adv : used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
             [syn: {loudly}] [ant: {piano}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  146 Moby Thesaurus words for "forte":
     a cappella, abbandono, ability, ableness, accrescendo, adagietto,
     adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, aloud,
     amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente,
     appassionato, aptitude, area, bag, booming, brillante, bump,
     caliber, capability, capacity, capriccioso, competence,
     con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo,
     cup of tea, deafening, decrescendo, diminuendo, dolce, dower,
     dowry, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking,
     effectiveness, efficiency, endowment, equipment, faculty, field,
     flair, fortemente, fortissimo, full, genius, gift, in full cry,
     instinct, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato,
     leggiero, line, long suit, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, loudly,
     lustily, main interest, makings, manner, marcando, medium, metier,
     morendo, natural endowment, natural gift, noisily, oyster,
     parlando, parts, pealing, pet subject, pianissimo, piano, piercing,
     pizzicato, plangent, potential, power, powers, prestissimo, presto,
     pursuit, qualification, rallentando, resounding, resoundingly,
     ringing, ringingly, ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo,
     scherzoso, sonorous, sordo, sotto voce, specialism, speciality,
     specialization, specialty, spiccato, staccato, stentoraphonic,
     stentorian, stentorious, strength, stretto, strong flair,
     strong point, style, talent, talents, technicality, the goods,
     the stuff, thing, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, tremolando,
     tremoloso, trillando, type, uproariously, vocation, way, weakness,
     what it takes, window-rattling