Definitions for chorus

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chorus cho·rus

Spelling: [kawr-uh s, kohr-]

IPA: /ˈkɔr əs, ˈkoʊr-/

Chorus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in chorus (chorsu).

Definitions for chorus

noun

1. Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
2. simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc.
3. the sounds so uttered:
4. a company of dancers and singers. the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company.
5. a lyric poem, believed to have been in dithyrambic form, that was sung and danced to, originally as a religious rite, by a company of persons. an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors in ancient Greek drama. the group of actors that performed the chorus and served as major participants in, commentators on, or as a supplement to the main action of the drama.
6. Theater. a group of actors or a single actor having a function similar to that of the Greek chorus, as in Elizabethan drama. the part of a play performed by such a group or individual.

Idioms

1. in chorus, in unison; with all speaking or singing simultaneously:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to sing or speak in chorus.

Origin of chorus

1555-65; Latin Greek chorós a dance, band of dancers and singers

Examples for chorus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, joining in the chorus, severely berates Tehran for its role in the Levant.

And then that chorus kicks in, and the young lady formerly known as Lizzy Grant transforms into the princess of darkness.

I know who's goin' to be there, an' set in the chorus an' sing alto.

As she finishes the thought, a chorus of voices rises around her.

Since the arrival of chorus Master Donald Palumbo, the Met chorus now commands that same level of excellence as the orchestra.

So they all called in chorus,—Fido and the other honest friends.

When Banstead took the chorus out to supper he had the ready repartee of his kind.

Shall I sing the chorus now or would you prefer to hear it later.

Her gasp of astonishment was lost in the chorus of congratulatory cries.

Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.