Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb From the beginning. Used as a direction to repeat a passage.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In music, a direction to repeat from the beginning: usually abbreviated to D. C.
  • noun The end of the repeat is generally indicated by the word fine.

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  • adverb music From the beginning.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian : da, from + capo, head.]

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Italian

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