"dance music" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dance music (uncountable)
  1. Music composed to accompany social dancing. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres Translations (music composed to accompany social dancing): musique entraînante [feminine] (French), საცეკვაო მუსიკა (saceḳvao musiḳa) (Georgian), Tanzmusik [feminine] (German), tánczene (Hungarian), musica da ballo (Italian), muzică de dans (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dance_music-en-noun-KaD3fOkV Disambiguation of Musical genres: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'music composed to accompany social dancing': 93 7
  2. (modern usage) Ellipsis of electronic dance music. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: electronic dance music
    Sense id: en-dance_music-en-noun-saETXfy8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ballet music, vernacular dance
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