CHOREOGRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choreograph mean? 

• CHOREOGRAPH (verb)
  The verb CHOREOGRAPH has 2 senses:

1. compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music

2. plan and oversee the development and details of

  Familiarity information: CHOREOGRAPH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOREOGRAPH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they choreograph    ... he / she / it choreographs   
Past simple: choreographed   
Past participle: choreographed   
-ing form: choreographing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music

Hypernyms (to "choreograph" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Domain category:

dance (an artistic form of nonverbal communication)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he choreograph his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

choreographer (someone who creates new dances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plan and oversee the development and details of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed

Hypernyms (to "choreograph" is one way to...):

direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize (plan and direct (a complex undertaking))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

To visualize how these proteins choreograph DPC repair, one must first know how DPCs are created.

(DNA damage caused by cancer treatment reversed by ZATT protein, National Institutes of Health)