choreograph
verb/ˈkɒriəɡrɑːf/
/ˈkɔːriəɡræf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they choreograph | /ˈkɒriəɡrɑːf/ /ˈkɔːriəɡræf/ |
| he / she / it choreographs | /ˈkɒriəɡrɑːfs/ /ˈkɔːriəɡræfs/ |
| past simple choreographed | /ˈkɒriəɡrɑːft/ /ˈkɔːriəɡræft/ |
| past participle choreographed | /ˈkɒriəɡrɑːft/ /ˈkɔːriəɡræft/ |
| -ing form choreographing | /ˈkɒriəɡrɑːfɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːriəɡræfɪŋ/ |
- choreograph something to design and arrange the steps and movements for dancers in a ballet or a show
- She choreographed several ballets for the company.
- (figurative) There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChoreograph is used with these nouns as the object:- ballet
- sequence
- version
- …
Word Origin1940s: back-formation from choreography.Want to learn more?
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