choir
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1.5
- noun
- /kwaɪər/
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coro
- The church choir sang beautifully during the Easter service.
- choirs sing
- school choir
- elementary school choir
And Mom was a a church organist and a choir director and piano teacher.
- And Mom was a a church organist and a choir director and piano teacher.
- It was all about this choir and these musicians.
- I guess for like she could sell advertising when she goes to choir practice.
- And we all went out to High Wycombe to watch her sing in this choir.
- When you start going to your school, that let's you have choir.
- Pom pom girl, singer in the choir, popular if you will.
- So I'm working as we speak with choirs in Haiti, see choirs in Haiti.
- You know, if you're in the choir, stop singing.
- Wow, wow, holy heavenly sing choirs of angels.
- It's almost as though we're trying to act like a a choir to a flagging lead vocalist.
- The little sermons you heard them little choir songs you singing you don't know me.
Examples
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The band and jazz ensemble have already performed, and the choir and orchestra will perform shortly.
Academic text (2015) -
We sounded like a Sunday school choir up there.
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Do all the boys in your choir have to wear their hair that way?
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The choir is going to sing some dance music.
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Keep each other warm while we stand and watch a choir performing all the Christmas songs that we love.
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And then when I started school in Saint Louis, I joined choir in first grade.
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He paid for the choir to go to Russia.
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I love to sing, but sometimes in choir my stage fright gets in the way.
Academic text (2015) -
The Buffalo State Chamber Choir sang at the May 2012 graduation ceremony in Buffalo, New York.
Academic text (2013) -
Judy's high school chamber choir will perform an art song recital in the fall.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.6
A group of people who sing together in a play or concert
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5.3
A group of musicians, singers, dancers, or actors who perform together, often supporting the main performers
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4.1
A group at school or college that sings together for fun and events
A group of people from the area who sing together
Idioms
Compounds
A school where children learn to sing for church services and study normal school subjects
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Choir comes from the old Greek word choros, which meant 'dance' or a group that danced and sang, and this idea reached English through the Latin chorus and the familiar word chorus. That's why a choir today is a group of singers, often in a church.