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choruses

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for choruses.

Editorial note

The way that they have these phenomenally catchy choruses, and then go off on captivating jams or ambient sound, and then come back to those choruses...

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Quick take

An instance of singing by a group of people.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of choruses gathered in one view.

noun

An instance of singing by a group of people.

noun

(music) A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

noun

(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for choruses.

noun

An instance of singing by a group of people.

noun

(music) A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

noun

(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.

noun

(figuratively) A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.

Example sentences

1

The way that they have these phenomenally catchy choruses, and then go off on captivating jams or ambient sound, and then come back to those choruses...

2

They will move around a central tempo, slowing in verses and increasing tempo in choruses and as the song progresses.

3

It's like the exact opposite of the ol' skool DJs skipping all of the choruses to play just the breaks.

4

They get this from listening to the same riffs, passages, drum tracks, choruses etc.

5

Castrati never mattered for choruses - you just use a large choir of boys.

6

I write down words and fragments of songs - lines, rhymes, choruses - as they occur to me.

7

I don't buy the argument that it will in any way preserve choruses ability to borrow in international markets.

8

After that revelation I now can not unhear it and the choruses of those songs are connected in my brain.

9

The only thing all the songs have in common is that they're in 4/4 and the verses and choruses all start on the VI chord.

10

Or songs to be a couple of choruses surrounded by filler?

11

In our Alpine region there is a long tradition of male choruses singing folk songs about mountain life and tales through rich harmonizations of pieces.

12

Did you remove hooks/choruses from the artist's 35,000 word count?

Quote examples

1

Add in very inconsistent “hip pop” music, leaning into simpler choruses that paint in large strokes, and it’s no wonder that it achieved mass appeal.

2

While we don’t have John Lennon with us for clarification, I still doubt he’d have said “well all the song is my lyrics, except for the last line of the choruses which is a non-lexical vocable”.

3

#4 too, though not routinely – "Mannequin", a song I suspect we'd disagree on, definitely "choruses out".

4

I feel like I should be familiar with this song but I'm not, and I have to say, truly one of the great choruses of 80's rock: "we're layin' it on the line (layin' it on the line) ---just layin' it all, right on the line".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use choruses in a sentence?

The way that they have these phenomenally catchy choruses, and then go off on captivating jams or ambient sound, and then come back to those choruses...

What does choruses mean?

An instance of singing by a group of people.

What part of speech is choruses?

choruses is commonly used as noun.