round
13
6.2
- noun
- /raʊnd/
:
cánon
- I recorded myself singing once through the round, and then staggered my rendition on GarageBand.
- song in a round
- sing in a round
- two-part round
Examples
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Additional performance repetitions occur when songs are played as rounds or combined with other lines as partner songs.
Academic text (2011) -
Introduce singing rounds initially by using a repertoire of familiar pentatonic songs.
Academic text (1997) -
Since both of these songs are rounds, this is another step in the development of part playing.
Academic text (1996) -
Nick and Robin's arrival was presaged by their singing an Elizabethan round on the staircase.
Fiction book (1991) -
While third graders sing comfortably in unison, they also can handle simple rounds, descants, and countermelodies.
Academic text (2003) -
In music class, we learned to sing a round where each group starts at different times, creating beautiful harmonies.
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During the performance, the choir sang a delightful round that showcased their vocal skills and timing.
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The children enjoyed singing a round in which each voice entered at intervals, making the melody more interesting.
Antonyms
Idioms
1
7.4
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Compounds
- Literature
7
6.5
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
- Literature
4
9.1
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Specialized
1
7.6
A small opening in the inner ear wall that leads to the part that senses sound
- UK
1
2.7
A regular route for delivering newspapers often done by a young person before school
- Literature
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
- Specialized
A curved half-circle shape above a door or bridge seen in Roman buildings
Couples perform planned steps while moving in a circle to music guided by a leader
A small tree from East Asia that makes round orange fruits with sweet peel and sour flesh
- Specialized
A cord of tissue on each side of the womb that runs to the outer female genital area
- Specialized
A freshwater fish with a bronze back and white belly from northern lakes and rivers
- Specialized
A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
- Specialized
A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
A garden plant with a round bulb and purple flower head used for food and decoration
- Specialized
A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
- Specialized
A brown mushroom with a pink stem and smooth round spores that grows on wood
- Specialized
The time it takes for a light signal to travel to a spacecraft or planet and back
A small animal like a rat that lives in Florida wetlands and has a round tail
How Imitative
- Specialized
1
9.1
13
6.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Round for a song where voices start at different times comes from the idea of the parts coming back around like a circle, so each voice repeats and fits together as the music goes 'round'.