chorus
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əs, ˈkoʊr- noun
1.
Music.
a.
a group of persons singing in unison.
b.
(in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.
c.
a piece of music for singing in unison.
d.
a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
2.
simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc.
3.
the sounds so uttered: a chorus of jeers.
4.
a.
a company of dancers and singers.
b.
the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company.
5.
a.
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.
b.
an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors in ancient Greek drama.
c.
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.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
7.
to sing or speak in chorus.
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8.
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
1555–65; < Latin < Greek chorós a dance, band of dancers and singers
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chorus (ˈkɔːrəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
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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Chorus definition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The group has never produced many verse-chorus-verse songs, and there are dangers in that approach.
The group, and an expanding chorus of fretful bloggers, reckon that life is imitating art.
They communicate with a distinctive call, which at night often develops into a raucous canine chorus.
It lends power to the chorus of voices insisting that evolutionary psychology should be considered more a movement than a science.
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