Disco is an English word with synonyms like discotheque or ballroom. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Disco in a sentence
Related words
Disco meaning
- Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).
- A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.
- A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
Synonyms of Disco
Using Disco
- The main meaning on this page is: Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”). | A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. | A dance, a social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- Useful related words include: disco music, popular music, popular music genre, discotheque.
- In the example corpus, disco often appears in combinations such as: the disco, and disco, disco and.
Context around Disco
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disco
- In this selection, "disco" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, recorded, jos, songs, artists and kaduna stand out and add context to how "disco" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although disco culture started and and embraces disco as much. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disco" sits close to words such as axe, bharat and borrowers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disco
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Disco fashion Disco fashions were very trendy in the late 1970s. (11 words)
The days of disco are gone, but disco movies are here to stay. (13 words)
Once upon a time there was a disco at Asylum Down called Cleopatra Disco. (14 words)
Furthermore, if there’s any kind of music that’s emblematic of the 70s, it’s disco, so it’s satisfying to see that this comedy goes all in on the topic and embraces disco as much as a seventies-set sitcom should. (43 words)
Although disco culture started out underground, it eventually thrived in the mainstream by the late 1970s; in contrast, the rave culture would make an effort to stay underground to avoid the animosity that was still surrounding disco and dance music. (40 words)
In 2016, disco songs or disco-styled pop songs are showing a strong presence on the music charts as a possible backlash to the '80s-styled Synthpop, Electro House and Dubstep that have been dominating the current charts. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of disco's popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Thank God It's Friday (1978) contributed to disco's rise in mainstream popularity.
The affected DisCos are Abuja, Benin, Enugu, Ibadan, Ikeja Electric, Jos DisCo, Kaduna Electric, Kano DisCo and Port Harcourt DisCo – all of which account for 70 per cent of the over 12 million registered electricity consumers.
Crossover appeal main Disco's popularity led many non-disco artists to record disco songs at the height of its popularity.
Disco revisions of songs Pre-existing non-disco songs and standards would frequently be "disco-ized" in the 1970s.
A base of creepy synths nod to horror movie scores, while shadowy disco beats vampirize the early millennium disco of Justice ("Bloody Valentine").
Recently, the Social Disco Club helped turn one Monday night into a bona fide roller disco, with the help of DJs Typefunk and Ryan Condrick.
The days of disco are gone, but disco movies are here to stay.
Furthermore, if there’s any kind of music that’s emblematic of the 70s, it’s disco, so it’s satisfying to see that this comedy goes all in on the topic and embraces disco as much as a seventies-set sitcom should.
Once upon a time there was a disco at Asylum Down called Cleopatra Disco.
Although disco culture started out underground, it eventually thrived in the mainstream by the late 1970s; in contrast, the rave culture would make an effort to stay underground to avoid the animosity that was still surrounding disco and dance music.
At the request of Motown that he produce songs in the disco genre, Marvin Gaye released "Got To Give It Up" in 1978, despite his dislike of disco.
Disco" and " Disco Duck ", both performed by Rick Dees, are also played in the film but not included on the album.
Disco dancing Disco dancers typically wore loose slacks for men and flowing dresses for women, which enabled ease of movement on the dance floor.
Disco fashion Disco fashions were very trendy in the late 1970s.
From 1974 through 1977, disco music continued to increase in popularity as many disco songs topped the charts.
Gaynor also recorded a disco song called "Love Is Just a Heartbeat Away" in 1979 for the vampire movie Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula which featured a number of disco songs.
Impact on music industry The anti-disco backlash, combined with other societal and radio industry factors, changed the face of pop radio in the years following Disco Demolition Night.
In 1981 ZE Records led the transition from no wave into the more subtle mutant disco ( post-disco/punk ) genre.
In 2016, disco songs or disco-styled pop songs are showing a strong presence on the music charts as a possible backlash to the '80s-styled Synthpop, Electro House and Dubstep that have been dominating the current charts.
In the 1990s, disco and its legacy became more accepted by music artists and listeners alike, as more songs and films were released that referenced disco.
Common combinations with disco
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the disco 31×
- and disco 16×
- disco and 15×
- silent disco 13×
- of disco 10×
- disco songs 6×
- disco in 6×
- disco ball 6×
- disco to 5×
- disco as 4×