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chorus

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːrəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɔrəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kôr′əs, kōr′-)

Inflections of 'chorus' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
choruses
v 3rd person singular
chorusing
v pres p
chorused
v past
chorused
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cho•rus /ˈkɔrəs/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -rus•es, v., -rused, -rus•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dance
    • a group of persons singing together:She sang in her school chorus.
    • (in an opera) such a group singing choral parts with individual singers:a Greek chorus.
    • a piece of music for singing in unison.
    • a part of a song played or sung at repeated parts in a song;
      refrain:The song had a catchy chorus.
  2. singing, speaking, or expressing something at the same time or with the same message:a chorus of jeers.
  3. Music and Dance, Show Business(in a musical show) those performers who sing or dance as a group and do not play starring roles.

v. 
  1. to sing or speak simultaneously: [~ + object]They all chorused their praise.[used with quotations]"Oh, not us!'' they chorused.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in chorus, at the same time;
    in unison:The class answered the question in chorus.

See -chor-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cho•rus  (kôr′əs, kōr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -rus•es, v., -rused, -rus•ing. 
n. 
  1. Music and Dance
    • 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:a chorus of jeers.
  4. Music and Dance, Show Business(in a musical show)
    • a company of dancers and singers.
    • the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company.
  5. Literature(in ancient Greece)
    • 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.
    • Show Businessan 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. Show Business[Theat.]
    • 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.
  7. Idioms in chorus, in unison;
    with all speaking or singing simultaneously:They responded in chorus to the minister's questions.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to sing or speak in chorus.
  • Greek chorós a dance, band of dancers and singers
  • Latin
  • 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/ n ( pl -ruses)
  1. a large choir of singers or a piece of music composed for such a choir
  2. a body of singers or dancers who perform together, in contrast to principals or soloists
  3. a section of a song in which a soloist is joined by a group of singers, esp in a recurring refrain
  4. an intermediate section of a pop song, blues, etc, as distinct from the verse
  5. any of a series of variations on a theme
  6. (in ancient Greece)
    • a lyric poem sung by a group of dancers, originally as a religious rite
    • an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors
    • (in classical Greek drama) the actors who sang the chorus and commented on the action of the play
    • actors playing a similar role in any drama
  8. (esp in Elizabethan drama)
    • the actor who spoke the prologue, etc
    • the part of the play spoken by this actor
  9. a group of people or animals producing words or sounds simultaneously
  10. any speech, song, or other utterance produced by a group of people or animals simultaneously: a chorus of sighs, the dawn chorus
  11. in chorus ⇒ in unison
 vb
  1. to speak, sing, or utter (words, etc) in unison
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek khoros
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