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{
"term": "sing",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "sing",
"heSheIt": "sings"
},
"pastSimple": "sang",
"pastParticiple": "sung",
"ingForm": "singing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make musical sounds with your voice in the form of a song or tune",
"sensetop": "sing to somebodysing somethingsing something to somebodysing somebody somethingsing somebody to sleep",
"labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I just can't sing in tune!"
},
{
"text": "I always wanted to be on stage, **singing and dancing**."
},
{
"text": "He was dancing around and singing at the top of his voice *(= very loudly)*."
},
{
"text": "The role is traditionally sung by a tenor."
},
{
"text": "She usually sings in the shower."
},
{
"text": "I was invited to sing in a choir."
},
{
"text": "The chorus sang beautifully."
},
{
"text": "He was singing softly to the baby.",
"contextForm": "sing to somebody"
},
{
"text": "to **sing a hymn/an anthem**",
"contextForm": "sing something"
},
{
"text": "Now I'd like to **sing a song** by the Beatles."
},
{
"text": "Will you sing a song to us?",
"contextForm": "sing something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "We all sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her."
},
{
"text": "Will you sing us a song?",
"contextForm": "sing somebody something"
},
{
"text": "She sang the baby to sleep *(= sang until the baby went to sleep)*.",
"contextForm": "sing somebody to sleep"
},
{
"text": "Have you ever heard the band sing live?"
},
{
"text": "He was singing quietly to himself."
},
{
"text": "I can't sing very well."
},
{
"text": "Shall I sing to you?"
},
{
"text": "She could sing a bit and agreed to take part in the show."
},
{
"text": "We played and sang together."
},
{
"text": "boy bands singing about love"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["loud", "loudly", "lustily"],
"verb + sing": ["be able to", "can"],
"preposition": ["about", "to"],
"phrases": [
"be sung to the tune of something",
"sing at the top of your lungs",
"sing at the top of your voice"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make high musical sounds",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The birds were singing outside my window."
},
{
"text": "Birds started singing because they thought dawn had broken."
},
{
"text": "Every bird in the field was **singing its heart out** *(= singing loudly, as if it was very happy)*."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["loud", "loudly", "lustily"],
"verb + sing": ["be able to", "can"],
"preposition": ["about", "to"],
"phrases": [
"be sung to the tune of something",
"sing at the top of your lungs",
"sing at the top of your voice"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make a high ringing sound like a whistle (= a small metal or plastic tube that you blow to make a loud high sound)",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Bullets sang past my ears."
},
{
"text": "She felt faint and the blood was singing in her head."
},
{
"text": "The kettle was singing away on the stove."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used for saying that a situation may still change, for example that a contest, election, etc. is not finished yet, and somebody still has a chance to win it",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to change your opinion about somebody/something or your attitude towards somebody/something",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to show that you are in agreement with each other by saying the same things in public",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to praise somebody very highly",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's always singing his praises."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/sing/sing__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪŋz/",
"audio": "si/sing/sings__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sæŋ/",
"audio": "sa/sing/sang__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sʌŋ/",
"audio": "su/sing/sung__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/sing/singing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/sing/sing__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɪŋz/",
"audio": "si/sing/sings__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sæŋ/",
"audio": "sa/sing/sang__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sʌŋ/",
"audio": "su/sing/sung__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/",
"audio": "si/sing/singing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen."
}