chorus

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noun

Music.

a group of persons singing in unison.

(in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.

a piece of music for singing in unison.

a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.

simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc.

the sounds so uttered: a chorus of jeers.

a company of dancers and singers.

the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company.

a lyric poem, believed to have been in dithyrambic form, that was sung and danced to, originally as a religious rite, by a company of persons.

an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors in ancient Greek drama.

the group of actors that performed the chorus and served as major participants in, commentators on, or as a supplement to the main action of the drama.

Theater.

a group of actors or a single actor having a function similar to that of the Greek chorus, as in Elizabethan drama.

the part of a play performed by such a group or individual.

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to sing or speak in chorus.

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Idioms

in chorus, in unison; with all speaking or singing simultaneously: They responded in chorus to the minister's questions.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin < Greek chorós a dance, band of dancers and singers

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chorus (ˈkɔːrəs)

—n , pl -ruses
1.	a large choir of singers or a piece of music composed for such a choir
2.	a body of singers or dancers who perform together, in contrast to principals or soloists
3.	a section of a song in which a soloist is joined by a group of singers, esp in a recurring refrain
4.	an intermediate section of a pop song, blues, etc, as distinct from the verse
5.	jazz any of a series of variations on a theme
6.	in ancient Greece
	a. a lyric poem sung by a group of dancers, originally as a religious rite
	b. an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors
7.	a. (in classical Greek drama) the actors who sang the chorus and commented on the action of the play
	b. actors playing a similar role in any drama
8.	a. (esp in Elizabethan drama) the actor who spoke the prologue, etc
	b. the part of the play spoken by this actor
9.	a group of people or animals producing words or sounds simultaneously
10.	any speech, song, or other utterance produced by a group of people or animals simultaneously: a chorus of sighs; the dawn chorus
11.	in chorus in unison

—vb
12.	to speak, sing, or utter (words, etc) in unison

[C16: from Latin, from Greek khoros]

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chorus

1561, from Gk. khoros "band of dancers or singers, dance, dancing ground," from PIE *ghoro-. In Attic tragedy, the khoros gave expression, between the acts, to the moral and religious sentiments evoked by the actions of the play. Originally used in theatrical sense; meaning of "a choir" first attested

1656. Meaning "the refrain of a song" (which the audience joins in singing) is 1599. Chorus girl is 1894.

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