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# aria

«aria» in Mova's school dictionary: **a song for one singer in an opera, usually long and full…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an aria, arias)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An aria is a song for one singer in an opera, usually long and full of feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#m1)

2) An aria can also be a slow, tuneful piece of music like such a song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons it is an example of solo singing in opera, often by a soprano or tenor, showing what a character feels. In everyday life it appears in concerts and films. Aria is also a girl's name.

### examples

- The singer's aria made the audience cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#x1)
- Mozart wrote many famous arias. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#x2)
- In the opera, the queen sings an angry aria. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#x3)
- We listened to an aria in music class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#x4)
- An aria is sung by one person, not a choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#x5)
- My big sister practises a short aria for her singing exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/#x6)

### note

Countable: an aria, arias. Pronounced «AH-ree-a». Comes from the Italian word for «air» or «tune». Not the same as «area» (a space or the size of a surface).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aria» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aria/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.