orchestra
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Learner's definition of ORCHESTRA
1 [count] : a group of musicians who play usually classical music together and who are led by a conductor
- He plays violin in the school orchestra.
— compare bandsee also chamber orchestra, symphony orchestra
2 the orchestra US : a group of seats in a theater that are close to the stage
- Our seats were in the orchestra (section). [=(Brit) the stalls]
- orchestral players/music
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