to sing praises
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4.1
- phrasal verb
- /sɪŋ ˈpreɪzɪz/
:
cantar alabanzas
- After the charity event, the community members joined together to sing praises for the volunteers' hard work.
- singing praises to God
Examples
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I will sing praises to God!
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The children gathered around the campfire, eager to sing praises to their beloved teacher.
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MARGARET: We sing praises unto the Lord, our God!
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Sing praises unto the Lord, O Israel!
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Sing praises unto the glory of His name!
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Let's go to page 107 and stand up and let's sing praises to God.
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You always find a way to sing praises to our Lord, even in the midst of deep discouragement.
Blog text (11) -
I prayed before I was writing in my book; I was praying while in the car, singing praises to God.
Blog text (26) -
They would still gather for their worship services and sing praises to the Lord.
Blog text (10) -
At the award ceremony, the audience stood up to sing praises for the recipients of the humanitarian award.
Synonyms
356
1.0
To shout to show support for someone or something
331
1.0
To tell a person that you admire or approve of them
201
2.1
To praise someone in public for something they did
136
3.2
To show praise in public for a person or idea
131
4.1
To welcome or praise someone publicly and enthusiastically
95
1.6
To say something nice about someone or their work
67
4.4
To praise someone or something for good work
53
4.5
To praise someone in public with great excitement for their success
30
7.7
To praise someone publicly in a formal way
26
5.6
To praise a person or thing too much, often with strong feeling
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7.5
To praise someone or something very much
7
8.3
To praise someone highly, often in a speech at their funeral
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4.1
Say strong good things about someone or something in public
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4.5
Say very good things about someone or something
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6.1
Talk in a very excited way to praise someone or something
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5.8
Say very good things about someone or something with strong feeling
To give a lot of praise, often more than needed
To sing praise, often in a religious service
Antonyms
How Complimentary
- Formal
7
8.3
7
7.5
1
4.1
67
4.4
161
1.0
220
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to express enthusiastic admiration' is built from the constituents 'sing' and 'praise' but relies on a conventionalized metaphor (using 'sing' to mean 'praise highly') rather than a strictly literal composition. Because the metaphorical use is somewhat predictable and has close parallels in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'cantar las alabanzas', French 'chanter les louanges'), learners may infer the sense, but it is not purely compositional.
Etymology
Sing praises comes from old times when people literally sang songs about the good things someone had done, so a singer would sing and give praises to that person. That's why today sing praises means 'to show strong public admiration' or 'to praise someone very strongly'.