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dance noun

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Definition

[C or U] when you move your feet and body to music
We had a dance.
a dance class
[C] a particular series of movements which you perform to music or the type of music which is connected with it
The band played a slow dance.
[C] a social occasion at which people dance, especially a formal occasion in a large room
They're having an end-of-term dinner-dance.
[U] the art of performing dances, especially as a form of entertainment
The performers tell the story through song and dance.

(Definition of dance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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