to contradance
9.6
To take part in a lively folk dance with couples in lines
- verb
- /ˈkɒntrəˌdæns/
:
contradanzar
- Every Saturday night, the community gathers to contradance in the town hall.
Examples
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They contradanced to lively music all evening at the festival.
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She learned how to contradance while traveling in New England.
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Let's contradance together this weekend!
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They love to contradance at local festivals.
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Every Saturday night, the community gathers to contradance in the town hall.
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She learned how to contradance while traveling in New England.
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Let's contradance together this weekend!
Synonyms
to dance
vsto contradance
579
1.0
To move quickly and lightly from side to side or up and down
is a specific partnered folk form with set figures and two facing lines
9.9
To dance in two facing lines while following a set order of steps
is written as one word for the same folk form
to country-dance
vsto contradance
7.4
To dance in sets or lines to traditional folk music
originates from France and uses a French-derived name for the same folk form
Surface Forms
contradance infinitive
contradanced past
contradanced past participle
contradancing present participle
contradances third person singular
Etymology
To contradance is to take part in that facing-lines folk dance; the root contra- means 'opposite', which fits because dancers often face one another in lines.