dance
♦♦ dance /d'ɑːns, d'æns/ (dances dancing danced)
1 [VERB] V, V to n
When you dance, you move your body and feet in a way which follows a rhythm, usually in time to music.
Polly had never learned to dance...
I like to dance to the music on the radio.
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A dance is a particular series of graceful movements of your body and feet, which you usually do in time to music.
Sometimes the people doing this dance hold brightly colored scarves...
She describes the tango as a very sexy dance.
3 [V-RECIP] V with n, pl-n V, V (non-recip)
When you dance with someone, the two of you take part in a dance together, as partners. You can also say that two people dance.
It's a terrible thing when nobody wants to dance with you...
Shall we dance?...
He asked her to dance.
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Dance is also a noun.
Come and have a dance with me.
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A dance is a social event where people dance with each other.
...the school dance.
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Dance is the activity of performing dances, as a public entertainment or an art form.
She loves dance, drama and music...
...dance classes.
6 [VERB] V n
If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
Then we put the music on, and we all danced the Charleston...
7 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you dance somewhere, you move there lightly and quickly, usually because you are happy or excited. (LITERARY)
He danced off down the road...
8 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you say that something dances, you mean that it moves about, or seems to move about, lightly and quickly. (LITERARY)
Light danced on the surface of the water...
9
to dance to someone's tune: see tune
to make a song and dance about: see song and dancebarn dance (barn dances)
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A barn dance is a social event people go to for country dancing.dance floor (dance floors)
also dancefloor
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In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.dance hall (dance halls)
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Dance halls were large rooms or buildings where people used to pay to go and dance, usually in the evening. (OLD-FASHIONED)dance stu|dio (dance studios)
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A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.din|ner dance (dinner dances)
also dinner-dance
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A dinner dance is a social event where a large number of people come to have dinner and to dance. Dinner dances are held in the evening at hotels, restaurants, and social clubs. (BRIT)song and dance
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A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance.
2 [PHRASE]
If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He used his money to help others-but he never made a song and dance about it.
= fusssquare dance (square dances)
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A square dance is a traditional American dance in which sets of four couples dance together, forming a square at the beginning of the dance.
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A square dance is a social event where people dance square dances.tea dance (tea dances)
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A tea dance is a social event that takes place in the afternoon, where people meet to dance and have tea. Tea dances are especially popular with older people.
1 [VERB] V, V to n
When you dance, you move your body and feet in a way which follows a rhythm, usually in time to music.
Polly had never learned to dance...
I like to dance to the music on the radio.
2 [N-COUNT]
A dance is a particular series of graceful movements of your body and feet, which you usually do in time to music.
Sometimes the people doing this dance hold brightly colored scarves...
She describes the tango as a very sexy dance.
3 [V-RECIP] V with n, pl-n V, V (non-recip)
When you dance with someone, the two of you take part in a dance together, as partners. You can also say that two people dance.
It's a terrible thing when nobody wants to dance with you...
Shall we dance?...
He asked her to dance.
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Dance is also a noun.
Come and have a dance with me.
4 [N-COUNT]
A dance is a social event where people dance with each other.
...the school dance.
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Dance is the activity of performing dances, as a public entertainment or an art form.
She loves dance, drama and music...
...dance classes.
6 [VERB] V n
If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
Then we put the music on, and we all danced the Charleston...
7 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you dance somewhere, you move there lightly and quickly, usually because you are happy or excited. (LITERARY)
He danced off down the road...
8 [VERB] V adv/prep
If you say that something dances, you mean that it moves about, or seems to move about, lightly and quickly. (LITERARY)
Light danced on the surface of the water...
9
to dance to someone's tune: see tune
to make a song and dance about: see song and dancebarn dance (barn dances)
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A barn dance is a social event people go to for country dancing.dance floor (dance floors)
also dancefloor
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In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.dance hall (dance halls)
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Dance halls were large rooms or buildings where people used to pay to go and dance, usually in the evening. (OLD-FASHIONED)dance stu|dio (dance studios)
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A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.din|ner dance (dinner dances)
also dinner-dance
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A dinner dance is a social event where a large number of people come to have dinner and to dance. Dinner dances are held in the evening at hotels, restaurants, and social clubs. (BRIT)song and dance
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance.
2 [PHRASE]
If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He used his money to help others-but he never made a song and dance about it.
= fusssquare dance (square dances)
1 [N-COUNT]
A square dance is a traditional American dance in which sets of four couples dance together, forming a square at the beginning of the dance.
2 [N-COUNT]
A square dance is a social event where people dance square dances.tea dance (tea dances)
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A tea dance is a social event that takes place in the afternoon, where people meet to dance and have tea. Tea dances are especially popular with older people.