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cho⋅rus
[kawr-uh
s, kohr-]
noun, plural -rus⋅es, verb, -rused, -rus⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | Music.
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| 2. | simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc. |
| 3. | the sounds so uttered: a chorus of jeers. |
| 4. | (in a musical show)
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| 5. | (in ancient Greece)
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| 6. | Theater.
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 7. | to sing or speak in chorus. |
| 8. | in chorus, in unison; with all speaking or singing simultaneously: They responded in chorus to the minister's questions. |
Origin:
1555–65; < L < Gk chorós a dance, band of dancers and singers
1555–65; < L < Gk chorós a dance, band of dancers and singers

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Chorus
Cho"rus\, n.; pl. Choruses. [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. ?. See Choir.]1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. --Dryden. 2. (Gr. Drama) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus. What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic. --Milton. 3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert. 5. (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices. 6. (Mus.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts. 7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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Language Translation for : chorus
Spanish:
coro,
German:
der Chor,
Japanese:
合唱団
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Chorus operating system
A distributed operating system developed at INRIA.
(2006-09-20)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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chorus
see in chorus.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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