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Chorus - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Chorus : (noun)
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]
(verb)
1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
2: sing in a choir [syn: choir]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chorus : \Cho"rus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Chorusing.]
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. --W. D.
Howells.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chorus :
A distributed operating system developed at INRIA.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Chorus |
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TTimp_Son: @yungrob616 Drakes Chorus on BP3 on "We off That".. he said "you cant bring the future back".. |
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stevedonnelly: Daytime Chorus show went well. Last time I run sound from my ipod though-OR-add silence to the end of every song b4 the next 1 starts.oops! |
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tokaikko: Oh and how the first Chorus has "K-I-S-S" but the second has "K-I-C-K". The best friend kicked him? LOL? |
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