Words / B2

DISK-oh/ˈdɪskəʊ/

A disco is a place or event with recorded dance music; also that 1970s style: a school disco; disco music. Nightclub is broader; dance is the activity. Date the disco in the youth-club accounts, then the ticket figure. Mix-up: disco vs disc; discovery; do not write disco for a live orchestra concert with no recorded dance set.

Meaning

A place or event with recorded dance music; also that style of music from the 1970s.

Examples

• “Date the disco in the youth-club accounts, then the ticket figure, not a playlist slogan.”
• “Disco as a genre featured in the music paper, which is the 1970s-style sense — still name the track if asked.”

Good to know

a school / youth disco; disco music / era. Close: nightclub / dance. Trap: disc / discovery. Media, PE, and accounts. A dance event or club, or 1970s dance music — quote the tickets or the track.

Near in meaning

nightclub, dance, club

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