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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
half a chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, rather than the full choir. It was popular in Ancient Greek theatre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small number of selected singers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From semi- + chorus.
