singing
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/
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canto
- No, I will not be starting a singing career anytime soon.
- singing voice
- music for singing
- group singing
Meditating with this, with the singing, It's, it's so beautiful.
- Meditating with this, with the singing, It's, it's so beautiful.
- I did a bit of singing and stuff like that.
- And he was like singing, just ordinary singing.
Examples
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A musician, she played the guitar and led the singing at the youth group retreats.
Fiction book (1990) -
He practices singing in the shower every morning.
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The singing will stop at once.
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I think I was just really good at singing and dancing.
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Plus, Tim keeps complaining about being woken up by the kids' singing.
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We sat through hundreds of sermons together, singing hymns and holding hands.
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Students demonstrated a desire to improve their singing scores and to meet the facilitator's expectations.
Academic text (2015) -
The young and not-so-young enjoy "singing rooms," where they gather to sing karaoke.
Academic text (2008) -
Some instructors encourage students to use their singing voices as an intermediate step during dictation practice.
Academic text (2015) -
The annual Kirtland's warbler singing male census is an essential monitoring tool.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.4
Repeating words in a rhythmic musical voice
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2.5
Singing joyful Christmas or other religious songs, usually in a group
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1.0
To make a tune with closed lips without words
3
5.6
Soft, gentle singing that sounds warm and emotional
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4.4
Singing short exercises to warm and train the voice
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3.1
Vocal music from Black church services with strong feeling and call and response
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3.2
A style of music where people perform traditional songs from a community
A group singing or making the same sounds together
A smooth, flowing way of singing that sounds gentle and connected
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.1
Vocal music from Black church services with strong feeling and call and response
- Specialized
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8.5
Singing with made-up sounds to make new jazz melodies like an instrument
How Musical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Singing comes from the old English verb singan, which means 'to sing' and is the same root as the word song, so singing is the act of making a song with your voice.