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Verb
- //He never learned how to dance.
- //She has always loved to dance.
- //I like the song but it's really hard to dance to.
- //He danced her across the floor.
- //She dances with a famous ballet company.
- //She's a great actress, and she can dance and sing, too.
Noun
- //They can do all the popular dances.
- //The only dance he knows how to do is the twist.
- //How about one more dance?
- //He stopped right in the middle of the dance to tie his shoe.
- //He did a celebration dance in the end zone after scoring the touchdown.
- //She studied dance in college.
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Verb and Noun
Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-French dancerdance
verb
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music //she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bandsRelated WordsExamplesVerb
- //He never learned how to dance.
- //She has always loved to dance.
- //I like the song but it's really hard to dance to.
- //He danced her across the floor.
- //She dances with a famous ballet company.
- //She's a great actress, and she can dance and sing, too.
Noun- //They can do all the popular dances.
- //The only dance he knows how to do is the twist.
- //How about one more dance?
- //He stopped right in the middle of the dance to tie his shoe.
- //He did a celebration dance in the end zone after scoring the touchdown.
- //She studied dance in college.
First Known UseVerb14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1Noun14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and EtymologyVerb and NounMiddle English dauncen, from Anglo-French dancerdanceverbSynonyms (Entry 1 of 2)