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# karaoke

«karaoke» in Mova's school dictionary: **singing along to recorded music while the words of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (karaoke, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Karaoke is singing along to recorded music while the words of the song appear on a screen, for fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#m1)

2) A karaoke machine or karaoke night is the equipment or event for this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a fun party, birthday or holiday activity; in music lessons it helps practise singing. It comes from Japan. Phrases: «sing karaoke», «karaoke night», «karaoke machine».

### examples

- We sang karaoke at my birthday party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x1)
- Grandma loves karaoke nights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x2)
- The karaoke machine shows the words on the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x3)
- My dad sang a funny song at karaoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x4)
- Karaoke comes from Japan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x5)
- Let's do karaoke after dinner! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x6)
- She was shy, but she sang at karaoke anyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x7)
- The words turned yellow on the karaoke screen as we sang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: «karaoke», not «a karaoke» (but «a karaoke night»). English speakers say «karry-OH-kee»; in Japanese it is «kah-rah-oh-keh» and means «empty orchestra».

### Trees and pragmatics

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