to choreograph
28
6.7
- verb
- /ˈkɔːriəˌɡræf/
:
orquestar
- The event organizer had to choreograph the schedule to ensure everything went smoothly during the festival.
- carefully choreographed
- choreographed movement
It was like it was choreographed by the Lord.
- It was like it was choreographed by the Lord.
- The neighbor seeks solace in the give and take of carefully choreographed hospitality.
- They go to the desert, they carry their guns, they run through little choreographed moves, they get hot, they carry weight.
- Elaine Maxwell's trial was carefully choreographed.
- He had choreographed routines that he used and practiced for his interviews.
- And I know a woman who covered that trial for a media outlet and she agreed with me that it was very carefully choreographed.
- The second advice is choreograph, choreograph, choreograph.
- And at the same time, beautifully choreographed is the release of a movie.
Examples
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He choreographed the show I just saw.
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Without pause, the entire street of gray-clad people breaks into a meticulously choreographed production number.
Fiction book (1999) -
OK, then you can choreograph it.
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The second advice is choreograph, choreograph, choreograph.
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This was my show to choreograph and you stole it from me.
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There is nothing wrong with people choreographing their own ending.
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I had the sense that I was at the heart of some elaborately choreographed dance.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nurses in every arena of healthcare can play a major part in choreographing this balancing act.
Academic text (2005) -
My daughter was describing an aerobics routine she and some classmates had choreographed for gym class.
Fiction book (1994) -
While a businessman choreographs the former scene, an Iyamba leader of Afro-Cuban religious cults directs the latter.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
101
7.1
To organize and direct the parts of a large plan or event
53
3.1
To plan the times and order of events
36
3.7
To plan the steps of something carefully
34
3.7
Plan something carefully in detail before doing it
How Planned
28
6.7
617
3.7
102
3.5
162
1.7
∞
1.0
141
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
choreograph = choreography (semi-transparent) = choreo + graph
The verb is derived from 'choreography', but this sense extends the idea of arranging dance to arranging events or processes.
Etymology
Choreograph comes from the same Greek parts chore 'dance' and -graph 'to write', with -graph the same piece in autograph and photograph. So to choreograph an event is to plan and control every move carefully, like 'writing' a dance so everything happens as you want.