Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

    I do a dance when she plays the drums!

    He does the Gangnam Style dance with his friends in school.

    Tanz

    та́нецtánec, плясpljas, пля́скаpljáska

    та́нецьtánecʹ, та́нокtánok

    taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

  2. (countable, uncountable)A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

    The dance we had in August 2008 is one of the greatest moments of my life!

    a party for social dancing

  3. (uncountable)The art, profession, and study of dancing.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.

  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.

    So how much longer are we gonna do this dance?

  6. (countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable)Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.

  8. A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.

Examples

2782 sentences
  1. Why didn't you dance with him?

    Чому ти з ним не танцювала? — deniko

    ruПочему ты не танцевала с ним? — Biga

    deWarum hast du mit ihm nicht getanzt? — Dejo

  2. Who taught you how to dance?

    Хто вас навчив танцювати? — brambury

    ruКто научил вас танцевать? — marafon

    deWer hat dir das Tanzen beigebracht? — Wolf

  3. I'd love to dance with you.

    Я б так хотів з тобою потанцювати. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ бы с удовольствием потанцевал с тобой. — sharptoothed

    deIch würde so gerne mit dir tanzen. — MUIRIEL

  4. I'd like to dance with you.

    Я хотів би з тобою потанцювати. — deniko

    ruЯ хотел бы потанцевать с тобой. — sharptoothed

    deIch würde gerne mit dir tanzen. — MUIRIEL

  5. They were dancing to the music.

    Вони танцювали під музику. — uaspeaker

    ruОни танцевали под музыку. — Hellerick

    deSie tanzten zur Musik. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English dauncen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Lat

Inherited from Middle English dauncen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced native Old English sealtian, Old English frīcian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”, whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.

Related to dancy, dancetté, French danché.

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Forms

plural: dances
Singulardance
Pluraldances

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

57 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to the dance
  • the dance with
  • want to dance
  • to dance with
  • how to dance
  • dance together
  • tap dancing
  • feel like dancing
  • learn to dance
  • like to dance
  • good at dancing
  • danced all night

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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