Usually means: Strength, area of greatest proficiency.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. forte: Merriam-Webster
  2. forte, forte: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forte, forte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forte: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forte: Vocabulary.com
  6. Forte, forte: Wordnik
  7. forte: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Forte, forte: Wiktionary
  9. forte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. forte: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. forte: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. forte: Dictionary.com
  13. forte: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. forte: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. FORTE (satellite), Forte (disambiguation), Forte (dynamic), Forte (fencing), Forte (music), Forte (notation program), Forte (surname), Forte (typeface), Forte (vocal group), Forte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Forte: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. forte: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. forte: Rhymezone
  19. forte, forte: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. forte: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. FORTE: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. forte: FreeDictionary.org
  23. forte: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Forte: World Wide Words
  25. forte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. forte: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. FORTE: Band Terms
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forte: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forte: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. FORTE: Acronym Finder
  3. forte: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Forte: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Forte: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Forte)

▸ noun:  A strength or talent; a strong point.
▸ noun:  The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
▸ adverb:  (music) Loudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.
▸ adjective:  (music) Loud.
▸ noun:  A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
strength, strong point, loudly, specialty, speciality, metier, fortissimo, long suit, fortemente, craft, more...

Opposite:
weakness, weak point, limitation, shortcoming, vulnerability

Types:
piano, violin, guitar, drums, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, flute, voice, more...

Phrases:
piano forte, mezzo forte, forte piano, pred forte, eau forte, more...

Adjectives:
great, real, particular, special, true, main, peculiar, own, double, strongest, triple

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Similar:
strength, strong point, loudly, specialty, speciality, metier, fortissimo, long suit, fortemente, craft, more...

Opposite:
weakness, weak point, limitation, shortcoming, vulnerability

Types:
piano, violin, guitar, drums, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, flute, voice, more...

Phrases:
piano forte, mezzo forte, forte piano, pred forte, eau forte, peine forte et dure, parafon forte dsc, Will Forte, Kia Forte, Fabian Forte, Forte dei Marmi, Rocco Forte, Deborah Forte, Matt Forte, Nero Forte, more...

Adjectives:
great, real, particular, special, true, main, peculiar, own, double, strongest, triple

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     vermilion, more...



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