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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cho·rus /ˈkorəs, ˈkɔr-/
 合唱隊,齊聲(vt.)(vi.)齊聲說道,合唱

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cho·rus n.; pl. Choruses
 1. Antiq. A band of singers and dancers.
    The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.   --Dryden.
 2. Gr. Drama A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
 What the lofty, grave tragedians taught
 In chorus or iambic.   --Milton.
 3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]
 4. Mus. A company of singers singing in concert.
 5. Mus. A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
 6. Mus. Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
 7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cho·rus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused p. pr. & vb. n. Chorusing.] To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 chorus
      n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus
           of boos"
      2: a group of people assembled to sing together
      3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
         singers [syn: refrain]
      4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: chorus
         line]
      5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in
         unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: Greek
         chorus]
      v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
      2: sing in a choir [syn: choir]