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    dance
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    verb
    dance (verb) · dances (third person present) · danced (past tense) · danced (past participle) · dancing (present participle)
    1. move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps:
      "their cheeks were pressed together as they danced" · "all the men wanted her to dance with them"
    noun
    dance (noun) · dances (plural noun) · dance music (noun) · dance musics (plural noun)
    1. a series of movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music:
      "everyone was taking part in the dance"
      • an act of dancing:
        "they rolled back the carpet and had a dance"
      • a particular sequence of steps and movements constituting a particular form of dancing:
        "dances include the waltz, the quickstep, and the foxtrot"
      • dance steps and movements considered as an activity or art form:
        "she has studied dance with Martha Graham"
      • a social gathering at which people dance:
        "she met her husband at a dance"
      • a set of lively movements resembling a dance:
        "he gesticulated comically and did a little dance"
      • a piece of music for dancing to:
        "the last dance had been played"
      • a type of popular music intended for dancing to in clubs, typically having a repetitive beat and a synthesized backing track that features sound samples.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French dancer (verb), dance (noun), of unknown origin.
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