English verb: choreograph | |||
1. | choreograph (creation) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | ||
Samples | Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music. | ||
Examples | Did he choreograph his major works over a short period of time? | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Domain category | dance | ||
2. | choreograph (cognition) plan and oversee the development and details of | ||
Samples | The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize | ||