chorus

cho·rus  (kôrs, kr-)

n. pl. cho·rus·es

1. Music

a. A composition usually in four or more parts written for a large number of singers.

b. A refrain in which others, such as audience members, join a soloist in a song.

c. A line or group of lines repeated at intervals in a song.

d. A solo section based on the main melody of a popular song and played by a member of the group.

e. A body of singers who perform choral compositions, usually having more than one singer for each part.

f. A body of vocalists and dancers who support the soloists and leading performers in operas, musical comedies, and revues.

2.

a. A group of persons who speak or sing in unison a given part or composition in drama or poetry recitation.

b. An actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action.

3.

a. A group of masked dancers who performed ceremonial songs at religious festivals in early Greek times.

b. The group in a classical Greek drama whose songs and dances present an exposition of or, in later tradition, a disengaged commentary on the action.

c. The portion of a classical Greek drama consisting of choric dance and song.

4. A group or performer in a modern drama serving a purpose similar to the Greek chorus.

5. The performers of a choral ode, especially a Pindaric ode.

6.

a. A speech, song, or other utterance made in concert by many people.

b. A simultaneous utterance by a number of people: a chorus of jeers from the bystanders.

c. The sounds so made.

tr. & intr.v. cho·rused or cho·russed, cho·rus·ing or cho·rus·sing, cho·rus·es or cho·rus·ses

To sing or utter in or as if in chorus.

Idiom:

in chorus

All together; in unison.

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[Latin, choral dance, from Greek khoros; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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chorus

Noun

pl -ruses

1. a large choir

2. a piece of music to be sung by a large choir

3. a part of a song repeated after each verse

4. something expressed by many people at once: a chorus of boos

5. the noise made by a group of birds or small animals: the dawn chorus

6. a group of singers or dancers who perform together in a show

7. (in ancient Greece) a group of actors who commented on the action of a play

8. (in Elizabethan drama) the actor who spoke the prologue and epilogue

9. in chorus in unison

Verb

to sing or say together [Greek khoros]

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Chorus a company of singers; a simultaneous outburst of speech. See also carol, choir.

Examples: chorus of bad language; of complaints; of conversation, 1845; of Greek actors; of laughter; of planets, 1660; of porpoises, 1698; of singers, 1656.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chorus - any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
	2.	chorus - a group of people assembled to sing together choir - a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
	3.	chorus - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers refrain music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" tra-la, tra-la-la - a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain
	4.	chorus - a body of dancers or singers who perform together chorus line corps de ballet, ensemble - the chorus of a ballet company line - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" chorine, chorus girl, showgirl - a woman who dances in a chorus line
	5.	chorus - a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play Greek chorus singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music troupe, company - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"
Verb	1.	chorus - utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	2.	chorus - sing in a choir choir music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

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chorus

noun 1. refrain, response, strain, burden

noun 2. choir, singers, ensemble, vocalists, choristers >> in chorus in unison, as one, all together, in concert, in harmony, in accord, with one voice

Translations

chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n → coro (= repeated part of song); estribillo

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chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n → chœur m (= repeated part of song), (also fig) → refrain m

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chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n → Chor m;

(refrain) → Refrain m;

(of complaints) → Flut f

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chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n → coro (= repeated part of song), (also fig) → ritornello