meaning of chorus
1. A band of singers and dancers.
2. 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.
3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
4. A company of singers singing in concert.
5. A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
6. 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.
8. To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
9. Chorus A distributed operating system developed at INRIA. Christmas tree A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows o blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights. [Jargon File] Christmas tree packet
10. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Related Words
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