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# vocalist

«vocalist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a singer, especially one who sings with a band or group** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a vocalist, vocalists)

### meaning for a pupil

A vocalist is a singer, especially one who sings with a band or group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In music it names the singer in a band, choir or concert. Phrases: lead vocalist, backing vocalist, guest vocalist.

### examples

- She is the lead vocalist in the school band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#x1)
- The backing vocalists sang "ooh" behind him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#x2)
- Our guest vocalist sang a song in Welsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#x3)
- Every band needs a strong vocalist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#x4)
- The vocalist warmed up her voice before the show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#x5)
- He started as a drummer but became a vocalist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalist/#x6)

### note

Countable. Related: vocal (to do with the voice), vocals (the singing part of a song). Similar: singer.

### Trees and pragmatics

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