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# orchestra

noun (an orchestra, orchestras)

«orchestra» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An orchestra is a large group of musicians who play many instruments together, such as violins, flutes, trumpets and drums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#m1)
2. (UK) The orchestra stalls are the seats at the front on the ground floor of a theatre; in the USA "the orchestra" means those seats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#m2)
3. The orchestra pit is the low space in front of a stage where the orchestra plays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons, the orchestra is split into sections: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion, led by a conductor. In maths problems, musicians in an orchestra are grouped and counted. Phrases: school orchestra, symphony orchestra, orchestra pit, play in an orchestra.

### Examples

- I play the violin in the school orchestra. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#x1)
- The conductor waved his baton and the orchestra began. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#x2)
- An orchestra has strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#x3)
- The orchestra has 24 violins and 12 cellos, so 36 string players in those two groups. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#x4)
- We sat near the orchestra pit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#x5)
- The orchestra played music for the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced "OR-kes-tra"; the ch sounds like k. Countable. A small group of musicians is a band or an ensemble; an orchestra is large and usually plays classical music.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «orchestra» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/orchestra/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«orchestra» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/orchestra.html) on Mova free.