Dictionary  cho•rusPronunciation: (kôr'us, kōr'-), [key] —n., pl. -rus•es, —v., -rused, -rus•ing. —n. 1. Music. a. a group of persons singing in unison. b. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. c. a piece of music for singing in unison. d. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain. 2. simultaneous utterance in singing, speaking, shouting, etc. 3. the sounds so uttered: a chorus of jeers. 4. (in a musical show) a. a company of dancers and singers. b. the singing, dancing, or songs performed by such a company. 5. (in ancient Greece) a. a lyric poem, believed to have been in dithyrambic form, that was sung and danced to, originally as a religious rite, by a company of persons. b. an ode or series of odes sung by a group of actors in ancient Greek drama. c. the group of actors that performed the chorus and served as major participants in, commentators on, or as a supplement to the main action of the drama. 6. Theat. a. a group of actors or a single actor having a function similar to that of the Greek chorus, as in Elizabethan drama. b. the part of a play performed by such a group or individual. 7. in chorus, in unison; with all speaking or singing simultaneously: They responded in chorus to the minister's questions. —v.t., v.i. to sing or speak in chorus. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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