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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltationnoun

    taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Wiktionary

  1. dancingnoun

    The activity of dancing (see the verb dance).

  2. dancingadjective

    Describing something or someone that is currently in the act of dancing. (See dance.)

Wikipedia

  1. dancing

    Dance is a sport form consisting of sequences of movement with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin.An important distinction is to be drawn between the contexts of theatrical and participatory dance, although these two categories are not always completely separate; both may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic, martial, or sacred/liturgical. Other forms of human movement are sometimes said to have a dance-like quality, including martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating, synchronized swimming, marching bands, and many other forms of athletics. Dance is not solely restricted to performance, though, as dance is used as a form of exercise and occasionally training for other sports and activities. Dance itself has also become a sport for some, with dancing competitions found across the world exhibiting various different styles and standards. Dance requires an equal amount of cognitive focus as well as physical strength. The demanding yet evolving art-form allows individuals to express themselves creatively through movement, while enabling them to adapt movement that possesses a rhythmical pattern and fluid motions that allure to an audience either onstage or on film. Dance is considered to be a very aesthetically pleasing art-form.

ChatGPT

  1. dancing

    Dancing refers to the rhythmic movement of the body, typically to music, where various steps, gestures, and poses are executed in a coordinated and expressive manner. It is often considered a form of artistic expression, entertainment, cultural tradition, or social activity. Dancing can encompass a wide range of styles and techniques, including ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, salsa, ballroom, folk, and many more.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dancing

    of Dance

  2. Dancing

    from Dance

Wikidata

  1. Dancing

    "Dancing" was the fourth single released in Italy and in the United states from Elisa's third album, Then Comes the Sun, and the first single released from the American album Dancing.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Dancing

    Rhythmic and patterned body movements which are usually performed to music.

Editors Contribution

  1. dancingverb

    Verb form of the word dance.

    There were dancing together with love and joy beaming from their eyes on their wedding day.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 1, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'dancing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4075

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'dancing' in Nouns Frequency: #2710

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dancing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dancing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dancing in a Sentence

  1. Rashid Rashid:

    The people think that the musical methods and singing may lead to dancing, so they may not accept it, before we adopted this method at all of the schools, we chose 25 schools and made it clear to the headmasters that the musical method is not taboo and not shameful.

  2. Henry Havelock Ellis:

    Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life, it is life itself.

  3. Chuck Bednarik:

    The positions I played, every play, I was making contact, not like that ... Deion Sanders, he couldn't tackle my wife. He's back there dancing out there instead of hitting.

  4. Israel Orellana:

    I thought it was my mom’s friends because sometimes they pray and they start dancing, so I get up from my bed and I start walking over to my door. And as I'm opening my door, I make eye contact with the SWAT officer and he pushes up against the door with his shield and he slams me against the wall. He starts screaming at me, ‘Stop resisting! Stop resisting!’.

  5. Vince Lombardi, Lombardi Winning is the only thing (by Jerry Kramer):

    Dancing is a contact sport. Football is a hitting sport.

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