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# singer

«singer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who sings, especially as a job or very well** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a singer, singers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A singer is a person who sings, especially as a job or very well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#m1)

2) A singer can be any person singing at a given moment, like in a choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons and stories it names someone who performs songs: a pop singer, an opera singer, a choir singer. In word problems singers are counted in choirs and bands. Phrases: lead singer, backing singer, opera singer, folk singer.

### examples

- My favourite singer has a new song out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x1)
- The choir has 24 singers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x2)
- She wants to be a singer when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x3)
- The lead singer waved to the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x4)
- Our music teacher is a great singer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x5)
- The opera singer hit a very high note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x6)
- Each singer had a solo in the school concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x7)
- If 3 rows have 8 singers each, there are 24 singers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x8)
- The singers burst forth in a lively tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/#x9)

### note

Countable. Pronounced SING-er (no hard "g" sound, unlike "finger"). Verb: sing, sang, sung. Trap: "singer" is not the same as "songwriter" (who writes songs).

### In the corpora

- [Hopes are not news: "a special guest" at assembly does not mean the singer everybody wants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/7/)
- [One mimed song on a TV show, where many performers mime, does not prove a singer cannot sing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/10/)
- [The presenter giggles about a singer's "secret heartbreak".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/4/)
- [Multitrack recording puts each part on its own track, so one singer can record many layers of harmony.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/9/)
- [Nerves make breath short and the voice shaky, even in good singers; slow breathing before singing helps calm the voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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