chorus plural
cho·rus
The plural form of chorus is choruses
C cDefinitions
- noun plural chorus 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. 1
- noun plural chorus simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc. 1
- noun plural chorus the sounds so uttered: a chorus of jeers. 1
- noun plural chorus a company of dancers and singers. the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company. 1
- noun plural chorus 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. 1
- noun plural chorus 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. 1