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# choir

«choir» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of people who sing together** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (choir, choirs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A choir is a group of people who sing together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#m1)

2) The choir is also the part of a church where the singers sit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a group whose members are counted, sometimes split into rows or into boys and girls; in school the choir practises songs for concerts and assemblies; phrases: «sing in the choir», «join the choir», «the school choir», «choir practice»

### examples

- The choir has 24 singers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x1)
- 9 of the choir are boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x2)
- They stand in 4 equal rows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x3)
- 3 new children join the choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x4)
- The school choir sang at the winter concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x5)
- Choir practice is on Tuesday after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x6)
- Mia joined the church choir when she was eight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x7)
- The choir sang in two parts, high and low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x8)
- When he went into the church the choir was singing, and one voice was so clear and beautiful, that he asked who it belonged to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/#x9)

### note

A group: «join» adds members, «leave» takes away; equal rows mean division. Pronounced «KWIRE», like «wire» with a K in front; spelling trap: c-h-o-i-r. One choir, many singers: «the choir is» (one group).

### In the corpora

- [It sounds like a little choir.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/15-school-words/3/)
- [Many churches sing modern songs with a band; others have choirs and organs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «choir» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/choir/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.