dance

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move your body in time to music.

   They danced all night at the wedding.

2. 2
   noun

   A series of steps and movements done in time to music.

   She taught us a simple dance in thirty minutes.

3. 3
   noun

   A social event where people dance.

   The school is holding a dance on Friday evening.

4. 4
   noun

   A piece of music written to be danced to.

   The band played a slow dance for the couples.

Common collocations

• do a dance Verb + noun
• learn a dance Verb + noun
• slow dance Adjective + noun
• traditional dance Adjective + noun
• teach a dance Verb + noun
• folk dance Adjective + noun
• modern dance Adjective + noun
• perform a dance Verb + noun

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder. Anglo-Norman dauncerbor. Middle English dauncen English dance From Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English sealtian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”) (whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.

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