Singing
/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounUsing your voice to produce musical sounds.
Extra definitions
noun; verbProducing musical sounds with the voice.
noun; verbUsing the voice musically.
noun; verbMaking a high ringing sound.
Sentence Examples
Singing helps me relax.
The choir is singing beautifully.
I heard birds singing outside.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“I was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my Christian name. [...] In the short space it took to cover the road between the path from Hamilton's shop and the first plank of the Combermere Bridge I had thought over half-a-dozen people who might have committed such a solecism, and had eventually decided that it must have been some singing in my ears.”
— 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 13:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
____ helps me relax.