Meaning

7 senses
  1. (uncountable)The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.

    She has staged many successful ballets, so her choreography skills must be excellent.

  2. The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.

    (broadly, countable, uncountable)The art of creating and arranging sequences of movement for performances of any kind, such as in fight choreography.

  3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)The art of creating and arranging any activities that involve social coordination or orchestration.

    the delicate choreography of a marathon transplant operation involving several surgical suites

    Choreographie, Choreografie

    хореогра́фияxoreográfija

    хореогра́фіяxoreohráfija

  4. (uncountable)The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.

    The show's singing and acting was excellent, but the choreography was dull and poorly-done.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.

    I've written down the choreography for y'all to take a look at.

    Choreografie

    хореогра́фияxoreográfija

    the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes

  6. (countable, uncountable)The notation used to construct this record.

    Take a look at this, it's the choreography for our next show.

    хореогра́фияxoreográfija

    a notation used by choreographers

  7. (countable)An organised display by fans in the stadium, involving props such as flags, banners, musical instruments and pyrotechnics.

Examples

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  1. I'm not a fan of the choreography.

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  2. Mary designed the choreography for her own performance.

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  3. I enjoyed the flashy choreography used in the musical.

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  4. The timing belt ensures the choreography of piston, valve and plug continues unabated.

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  5. The choreography is quite simple.

    ruХореография достаточно простая.

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Translations

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Origin

Reshaping of earlier choregraphy, a borrowing from French chorégraphie, from Ancient Greek

Reshaping of earlier choregraphy, a borrowing from French chorégraphie, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, “written form (of a word, etc.), spelling”). By surface analysis, choreo- + -graphy.

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Forms

plural: choreographies
Singularchoreography
Pluralchoreographies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

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