orchestra
Pluralorchestras
- 1A big group of musicians who play music together on many different instruments.
Like a sports team, but each member makes music instead of scoring goals.
The orchestra played a beautiful piece at the concert.
Famous orchestras travel around the world to perform.
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- 2The space in a theater where the musicians sit, just below the front of the stage.
Like a low area in front of the stage, set aside just for the people making the music.
The musicians took their places in the orchestra below the stage.
From our seats we could see down into the orchestra.
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- 3A half-circle space in front of the stage where the chorus performed in ancient Greek theaters.
The chorus moved together across the orchestra as they sang.
At the old Greek theater, we stood in the orchestra and looked up at the rows of stone seats.
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Origin
It comes from Latin orchestra, which came from Greek orkhestra, from a word meaning "to dance."