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English

Etymology

From Latin #Latin|chorus, from (choros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɔːɹəs/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-chorus.ogg



Noun

  1. A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece
  2. A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.
  3. A group of singers; singing group who perform together.
  4. A repeated part of a song, also called the refrain.
  5. A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.


Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|choruses|chorusing|chorused}}

  1. To echo a particular sentiment.


Related terms


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Latin

Etymology

Greek χορός, a group of actors who recite and sing together.

Noun

chorus , genitive chori

  1. chorus (see English definitions)


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chorus \Cho"rus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Chorusing.]
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. --W. D.
Howells.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]
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1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers.
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The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a
chorus of singers. --Dryden.
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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.
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What the lofty, grave tragedians taught
In chorus or iambic. --Milton.
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3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]
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4. (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert.
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5. (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which
is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
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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.
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7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration;
as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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WordNet chorus
n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus
of boos"
2: a group of people assembled to sing together
3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
singers [syn: refrain]
4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: {chorus
line}]
5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in
unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: {Greek
chorus}]
v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
2: sing in a choir [syn: choir]
Moby Dictionary
Liederkranz , Liedertafel , PS , Parthian shot , Spenserian stanza ,
a cappella , acclamation , accord , accordance , act like ,
acting company , addendum , affect , affinity , afterthought ,
agreement , agreement of all , anacrusis , anthem , antistrophe ,
appendix , articulate , assent , assume , back matter , ballad ,
bass passage , bis , bob , book , borrow , bourdon , breathe , bridge ,
burden , cadence , cantata , canto , carol , cast , cast of characters ,
chamber chorus , chant , characters , chime , chirp , chirrup , choir ,
choral group , choral singing , choral society , choral symphony ,
chorale , circus troupe , coda , codicil , coherence , coincidence ,
colophon , come out with , common assent , common consent ,
communicate , company , compatibility , concert , conclusion , concord ,
concordance , concurrence , conformance , conformation , conformity ,
congeniality , congruence , congruency , congruity , consensus ,
consensus gentium , consensus of opinion , consensus omnium , consent ,
consentaneity , consequence , consistency , consonance , consort ,
continuance , continuation , convey , cooperation , copy ,
corps de ballet , correspondence , counterfeit , couplet , crib , croon ,
deliver , descant , development , disclose , distich , ditto , division ,
do , do like , do-re-mi , double take , dramatis personae , dying words ,
echo , emit , ensemble , enunciate , envoi , epilogue , epode ,
equivalence , exposition , express , fake , figure , fling off ,
folderol , follow-through , follow-up , forge , formulate ,
general acclamation , general agreement , general consent ,
general voice , give , give expression , give out with , give tongue ,
give utterance , give voice , glee , glee club , go like ,
harmonic close , harmony , heptastich , hexastich , hoke , hoke up , hum ,
hymn , imitate , impart , interlude , intermezzo , intersection ,
intonate , intone , introductory phrase , last words , let out ,
like-mindedness , lilt , line , lip , madrigal , madrigaletto ,
make like , measure , meeting of minds , minstrel , mirror ,
mixed chorus , monostich , movement , musical phrase ,
musical sentence , mutual understanding , octastich , octave , octet ,
one accord , one voice , oneness , oratorio , oratorio society ,
ornament , ottava rima , out with , overlap , parallelism , part ,
parting shot , passage , peace , pentastich , period , peroration ,
phonate , phrase , pipe , plagiarize , postface , postfix , postlude ,
postscript , pour forth , present , pronounce , psalm , put forth ,
put in words , quatrain , quaver , raise , rapport , reecho , reflect ,
refrain , repeat , repertory company , repetend , resolution , response ,
rhyme royal , ritornello , roulade , same mind , say , second thought ,
section , self-consistency , septet , sequel , sequela , sequelae ,
sequelant , sequent , sequitur , serenade , sestet , set forth , sextet ,
shake , simulate , sing , sing in chorus , singing club , single voice ,
sol-fa , solmizate , sound , stanza , statement , stave , stock company ,
strain , strophe , subscript , suffix , supplement , supporting cast ,
swan song , syllable , symmetry , sync , synchronism , tag , tailpiece ,
tally , tell , tercet , terza rima , tetrastich , throw off , timing ,
total agreement , tremolo , trill , triplet , tristich , troll , troupe ,
tune , tutti , tutti passage , tweedle , tweedledee , twit , twitter ,
unanimity , unanimousness , undersong , understanding , uniformity ,
union , unison , unisonance , universal agreement , utter , variation ,
verbalize , verse , vocalize , voice , voices , warble , whisper ,
whistle , word , yodel


FOLDOC Chorus

A distributed operating system developed at INRIA.


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