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# singing

«singing» in Mova's school dictionary: **making musical sounds with your voice, with words or a tune** — 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 (singing, uncountable); verb form of sing (sing, sings, sang, sung, singing); adjective (singing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Singing is making musical sounds with your voice, with words or a tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#m1)

2) Singing (verb form) means doing this now («She is singing»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#m2)

3) Singing can describe a high ringing sound, like a kettle or a bird («singing birds»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons pupils practise singing in a choir, in rounds and in assemblies; it trains breathing, rhythm and listening. In everyday life singing happens at birthdays, sports matches and in the car. In science, birds' singing is a way of calling mates or marking their area. Phrases: «singing lessons», «singing in the rain», «community singing», «singing voice».

### examples

- We practised singing for the school concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x1)
- The birds were singing at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x2)
- She has a beautiful singing voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x3)
- Everyone joined in the singing of «Happy Birthday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x4)
- He takes singing lessons on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x5)
- The fans were singing loudly in the stadium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x6)
- I like singing in the bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x7)
- Singing in a round means starting the same tune at different times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x8)
- 'And how is the nightingale singing? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/#x9)

### note

Verb forms of «sing»: «sing, sang, sung» («I sang yesterday»; «I have sung»). The noun «singing» is uncountable. Trap: do not confuse with «signing» (writing your name, or using sign language).

### In the corpora

- [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/)
- [Harmony means singing different notes at the same time that sound good together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/11/)
- [Singing with a sore throat can strain the voice and make it worse; singers rest, drink water and avoid shouting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/14/)
- [Toad struts along the high road, miles from home, singing his own praises: brain has beaten brute force!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/0/)
- [After a fine supper the Woman looks at a mutton blade-bone and makes the First Singing Magic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/93-justso-cat-1-the-first-friend-and-the-first-servant/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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