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choreograph

[kawr-ee-uh-graf, -grahf, kohr-]

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide the choreography for.

    to choreograph a musical comedy.

  2. to manage, maneuver, or direct.

    The author is a genius at choreographing a large cast of characters.



verb (used without object)

  1. to work as a choreographer.

choreograph

/ ˈɒɪəˌɡæ /

verb

  1. (tr) to compose the steps and dances for (a piece of music or ballet)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • rechoreograph verb (used with object)
  • unchoreographed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of choreograph1

First recorded in 1875–80; back formation from choreography
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Example Sentences

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It’s choreographed, like a dance, which actors must repeat night after night, putting feeling into lines they may speak to one another, but send out to the farthest corners of the theater.

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Any calls or meeting between heads of state are usually thoroughly planned and highly choreographed.

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The performance is elaborate and delightful and impeccably choreographed, with Hiddleston doing long-legged strides as though he’s the second coming of Christopher Walken.

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We choreographed these pieces, we looked at them, and you just try to picture what is the best way to capture it.

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The skaters drop into the pool one after another — swirling and swooshing around, “carving” and “grinding,” before popping back up — in such tight succession it feels choreographed.

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