CHORUS
\kˈɔːɹəs], \kˈɔːɹəs], \k_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of CHORUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos"
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a group of people assembled to sing together
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a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
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a body of dancers or singers who perform together
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utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
By Princeton University
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any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos"
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a group of people assembled to sing together
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a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
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a body of dancers or singers who perform together
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utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A band of singers and dancers.
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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.
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An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
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A company of singers singing in concert.
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A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
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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.
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The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
By Oddity Software
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A band of singers and dancers.
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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.
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An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
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A company of singers singing in concert.
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A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
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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.
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To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
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The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a of shouts and catcalls.
By Noah Webster.
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A number singing together; that part of a musical composition in which the company all sing together; a piece of music arranged in parts; a refrain at the end of each verse of a song.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A company of persons singing in concert; a piece performed by a company in concert; verses of a song in which the company join the singer; a musical composition of two or more parts; in the ancient drama, persons introduced as beholding what passes in the acts of a piece, and who sing their sentiments between the acts; a song between the acts of a piece; originally a band of singers and dancers employed on festive occasions in honour of the gods, particularly Bacchus.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
