cho·rus (kôr s, k r -)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.
[Latin, choral dance, from Greek khoros; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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]
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 togetherchoir - a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony |
| 3. | chorus - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singersmusic - 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 togetherline - 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" |
| 5. | chorus - a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek playtroupe, 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 choirmusic - 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" |
chorus 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
chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n →
chœur m (=
repeated part of song), (
also fig) →
refrain m
chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n →
Chor m;
chorus [ˈkɔːrəs] n →
coro (=
repeated part of song), (
also fig) →
ritornello