dance step
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1.9
- noun
- /dæns stɛp/
:
paso de baile
- Oh, would you show me a few dance steps?
- perform the dance steps
- learn the dance steps
And we will learn the dance steps, perform them for my mother, perform them for for friends and family.
- And we will learn the dance steps, perform them for my mother, perform them for for friends and family.
Examples
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If you need some great new choreography, I know some fabulous new dance steps.
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Then they demonstrate the special dance steps they have learned in camp.
Academic text (1993) -
And we will learn the dance steps, perform them for my mother, perform them for for friends and family.
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Well, my speech is on the five dance steps every man should know.
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About twenty people from the crowd joined in to learn the dance steps.
Academic text (2011) -
We're practicing our dance steps for the movie.
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Concentrating on the dance steps made me forget how scared I was.
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Soon, he was singing and the two of us were performing tinikling dance steps together.
Academic text (2015) -
In my class, you will learn some of the latest dance steps: the waltz, the swing, the cha-cha-cha.
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In my class, you will learn some of the latest dance steps: the waltz, the swing, and the cha-cha-cha.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sequence of foot movements that form part of a dance
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2.6
A specific step or movement done during a dance
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9.9
A small dance step in ballet
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6.8
A dance move where someone slides backward while seeming to walk forward
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9.9
A quick sliding dance step used in ballet where one foot always leads
A lively dance move that people do with energy to show skill
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Morphology
The meaning 'a sequence of movements that forms part of a dance' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dance' (a choreographed movement) with 'step' (a sequence of foot movements), so the compound denotes a step within a dance. This compositional noun–noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard lexical combination rules, meaning a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun dance step comes from a very literal picture: dance is the whole movement and a step is a single foot action. When a teacher shows beginners one foot move at a time, each little motion is a dance step, so the phrase means 'a small sequence of foot movements that is part of a dance'.