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Choir

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
kwaɪə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
  2. A city in Govisümber, Mongolia.
  3. Uncommon form of quire (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).
    form-of, uncommon
  4. One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
  5. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

Equivalents

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Afrikaanskoor
Българскихор
Catalàcor
Češtinachórkruchtakursbor
Cymraegcor
Danskkor
Ελληνικάχορωδία
Esperantoĥorokoruso
Eestikoor
Gaeilgecor
עבריתמקהלה
Bahasa Indonesiakorpaduan suara
Íslenskakör
Italianocoro
ქართულიგუნდი
Қазақ тіліхор
ភាសាខ្មែរក្រុមចម្រៀង
한국어합창단
Lietuviųchoras
Latviešukoris
Te Reo Māoritira
Македонскихор
МонголЧойр
Bahasa Melayupaduan suara
Nederlandskoor
Portuguêscoralcoro
Românăcor
Slovenčinazbor
Svenskakör
Kiswahilikwaya
Тоҷикӣхор
Türkmençehor
Türkçekoro
Українськахорхоровий
Tiếng Việthợp xướng

Examples

The church choir practices Thursday nights.”
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”
Army choirs and troupes perform at some of North Korea's biggest state events.”
Public health officials studying the Covid-19 outbreak among members of a Washington choir found numerous ways the virus could have spread, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.”
Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.”
The United States may seek access rights to an air base built by the Soviets outside the city of Choir in Mongolia.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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