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to sing

to sing

∞ 1.0
To make musical sounds with your voice
  • verb
  • /sɪŋ/
translation icon : cantar
  • She loves to sing her favorite songs in the shower.
  • sing songs
  • sing a tune
  • sing the melody

I'll find that song and I will sing it just for you.

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Examples

  • We have had an amazing term reading, listening to, singing to, and acting out your stories.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Students demonstrated motivation to perform better by singing songs repeatedly to increase their own singing scores.

    Academic text (2015)

  • And then you have to sing green songs.

  • And I love to sing and I got notes.

  • So you can just sing it for us.

    Theater Camp (2023)

  • Come on, sing for us.

    Dirty Harry (1971)

  • I'll find that song and I will sing it just for you.

    Theo Von

  • So, Nick, I thought you and I could sing a little duet.

  • Before the performance, some of the students and I sang "Arirang" together for the audience.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Wow, I can sing!

    I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

Synonyms

to serenade
vsto sing
20 5.6

To sing or play music for someone to show love

is the general act not aimed at courting or specific time or place
to sing one's heart out
vsto sing
  • Informal
4 4.8

To sing with great feeling and energy

is the ordinary act without a focus on intense passion

Idioms

to sing the praises
6 4.1

Say strong good things about someone or something in public

to sing the praises of
5 4.5

Say very good things about someone or something

to sing one's heart out
  • Informal
4 4.8

To sing with great feeling and energy

to sing for one's supper
  • Informal
4 7.9

To do work or perform to earn something you need

to sing the same tune
1 4.6

To agree with others, often in public

to sing to the tonsils
  • Informal
9.7

Make a very loud, strong sound with your voice and much feeling

to sing from the same hymnbook
  • Informal
6.8

To agree with others and express the same view

to sing like a jaybird
  • Informal
8.4

To sing very loudly and happily

Phrasal Verbs

to sing along
44 1.4

To sing together with other people or with music playing

to sing soprano
1 5.3

To sing in the highest voice part in a choir

to sing praises
1 4.1

To say very good things about someone, often in public

to sing small
  • Informal
8.8

Act modestly by saying little about your talents

to sing in key
4.0

To match your voice to the notes of the song

How Loud

to belt
  • Informal
15 5.5
to sing
∞ 1.0
to hum
69 1.0

Surface Forms

sing infinitive
singing present participle
sings third person singular
sang past
sung past participle

Etymology

The word sing comes from a very old German word that meant 'to make music with the voice'. It is the same root as song, so to sing today still means to make a musical sound or melody with your voice.