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CHOREOGRAPH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plan and oversee the development and details of

Example:

The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "choreograph" is one way to...):

direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize (plan and direct (a complex undertaking))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music

Example:

Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "choreograph" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Domain category:

dance (an artistic form of nonverbal communication)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he choreograph his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

choreographer (someone who creates new dances)

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