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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•tis•tro•phe (an tis′trə fē),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancethe part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- Music and Dancethe movement performed by the chorus while singing an antistrophe.
- Poetry[Pros.]the second of two metrically corresponding systems in a poem. Cf. strophe (def. 3).
- Greek: a turning about. See anti-, strophe
- 1540–50;
an•ti•stroph•ic (an′tə strof′ik, -strō′fik),USA pronunciation an•tis′tro•phal, adj. an′ti•stroph′i•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: antistrophe /ænˈtɪstrəfɪ/ n - (in ancient Greek drama) the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- the second part of a choral ode sung during this movement
See also stropheEtymology: 17th Century: via Late Latin from Greek antistrophē an answering turn, from anti- + strophē a turningˌantiˈstrophically adv |