Dance Performed Extra Examples Noun Dɑːns Dæns Latin

• do you know any other latin american dances?
• the next dance will be a waltz.
• the girls performed a graceful dance.
• a dance class/routine

dance

1. a series of movements and steps that are usually performed to music; a particular example of these movements and steps
• SEE ALSO belly dance
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/belly-dance
• Do you know any other Latin American dances?
• The next dance will be a waltz.
• The girls performed a graceful dance.
• a dance class/routine
• Find a partner and practise these new dance steps.

Extra Examples

• May I have the next dance?
• Save the last dance for me.
• She had to sit out the last dance because of a twisted ankle.
2. the art of dancing, especially for entertainment
• SEE ALSO modern dance
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/modern-dance
• an evening of drama, music and dance
• classical/contemporary/traditional dance
• a dance company/troupe
3. an act of dancing
• Let's have a dance.
• He did a little dance of triumph.

Extra Examples

• In her delight she got up and did a little dance.
• Would you like a dance?
• pigeons performing their mating dance
4. a social event at which people dance
• SEE ALSO barn dance
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/barn-dance
• We hold a dance every year to raise money for charity.

Extra Examples

• They met at a dance.
• I took her to my first high school dance.
• A ceilidh is like a kind of Scottish or Irish barn dance.
5. a piece of music for dancing to
• The band finished with a few slow dances.
6. to cause somebody a lot of trouble or worry
7. if you make a song and dance about something, you complain or talk about it too much when this is not necessary
• She gives generously to charity without making a song and dance about it.
8. a long explanation about something, or excuse for something

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French dancer (verb), dance (noun), of unknown origin.