ballet

About 4.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A classical form of dance.

   a classically-trained ballet dancer

2. noun A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.

   Let's go to the ballet in the theatre tomorrow!

3. noun The company of persons who perform this dance.

   Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.

4. noun A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
5. noun A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
6. noun Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
7. verb To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.

Similar words

concert dance dance dancing chorus classic classical follow popular corps pale

Often followed by

and in of dancer was dancers company is theatre

Word family

balletic ballets