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Chorus

A group of singers; a recurring part of a song.

The Greek roots

χορός
chorós
band of dancers

Literally: a dancing troupe

Follow a root:χορός6 words

The story of the word

The chorós danced and sang as one in Greek drama — the same root gives choir and choreography.

The same roots elsewhere

Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.

In a sentence

The whole crowd joined in on the chorus.

Built on the same root

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