singing

/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/

noun 4adj 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

beautiful, fine, good | lusty, spirited | carol, choral, folk, hymn | communal, community, congregational, massed | solo, unaccompanied

VERB + SINGING

lead

At the concert, Maria led the singing while everyone else joined in with the chorus.

accompany

A guitarist accompanied the singer's performance at the concert last night.

SINGING + NOUN

career | lesson | teacher

voice

Her beautiful singing voice captivated the entire audience during the concert last night.

Definitions

noun

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.

A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.

A ringing sound in the ears.

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.

adj

Smooth and flowing.

Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of singing vocal music

vocalizing

noun — disclosing information or giving evidence about another

adjective — smooth and flowing

cantabile

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

singing soprano

Castrated or injured in the testicles.

Loren Stokes, the fluid scorer from Hofstra, limped out singing soprano after a flagrant cheap-shot punch to the groin by George Mason guard Tony Skinn.

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Your singing puts professional singers to shame.

Tatoeba · #17286

Birds were singing in the sky.

Tatoeba · #18333

Singing merrily, they started for home.

Tatoeba · #21282

He makes his living by singing.

Tatoeba · #23919

The boy singing a song is my brother.

Tatoeba · #23920

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, singing is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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