discodis‧co /ˈdɪskəʊ $ -koʊ/ noun (plural discos) 
the school disco2[uncountable] a type of dance music that was first popular in the 1970s
WORD ORIGINdisco
Origin:
1900-2000 discothequeEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It was a small seaside town with a couple of bars and one shabby-looking disco.
- Nick met Rachel at a disco when she was 17 years old.
- At the hotel there is a disco which is open from 10 July-20 Aug.
- Do you know of any discos or clubs in your area listing events under a cigarette brand name?
- If the children had been with us they'd have been in the disco, fortunately soundproofed, every night.
- There were presents for every child, disco dancing, party games, fizzy drinks and floating gas balloons.
- U2 have just released a disco remix.
THESAURUS
an organized social event where people to go dance: · The dance will be held in the school gym.
a large formal occasion where people dance: · The University holds a ball at the end of June.
a formal dance party for high school students, especially in the US, usually held at the end of a school year: · Who’s your date for the prom?
American English a dance at which you must wear formal clothes: · He rented a tuxedo to wear to his company’s holiday formal.
a place or social event where people dance to recorded popular music: · She met Nick at a school disco.
a place where people go at night to dance: · We went out for dinner and then to a club.
Longman Language Activatora social event where people dance an organized social event where people go to dance: · Do you want to go to the dance on Saturday night?hold a dance (=organize a dance): · Dances used to be held in the church hall at least once a month.dinner dance (=a formal event with dinner and dancing): · The Society are holding their 15th anniversary dinner dance at the Broomshill Hotel.
a place where people go at night to dance to loud popular music: · I met some friends at a party and then we went on to a club.go clubbing (=go to one or more clubs): · If you want to go clubbing, London's the place to be.
a place or fairly informal social event where people dance to popular music: · Nick met Rachel at a disco when she was 17 years old.· It was a small seaside town with a couple of bars and one shabby-looking disco.
a formal social event at which people dance and wear formal clothes: · It was the first time I'd ever been invited to a ball.hold a ball: · The University holds a summer ball at the end of June.
a social event for high school students in the US where there is music and dancing, and that people usually go to with a partner: · Joey walked me home after the prom.high school prom: · The band first played together at a high school prom.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Keep-fit mania has hit some of the girls in the office.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1[countable] a place or social event at which people dance to recorded popular music: Keep-fit mania has hit some of the girls in the office.· For me, personally, New Order make great disco music but there's no black people in that group.· There is a video for guests and disco music for dancing.· His Chanel show blasted the audience to the backs of their seats with 20,000-volt fashion and hyperactive disco music.· Out on the dance floor, the evening ended with disco music and strobe lighting.
VERB· It was because I went to a disco that he tried to commit suicide.· Divorced women can date, they can go to bars and discos.· The girls admitted they did not go to discos, but said they had friends.· It was what happened when young people earned decent wages, and had the means to buy clothes and go to discos.· The teenager left him alone to go to a disco but when she and a friend returned they found the child dead.· They went to discos and nightclubs, out to dinner or to the theatre.· She's going to the disco and she's going to mix with young people of her own age.· You're not going to any disco.
· Members from both sections have expressed a desire to hold a disco in the Village Hall.
the school disco2[uncountable] a type of dance music that was first popular in the 1970s