{
    "term": "sing",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "sing",
            "heSheIt": "sings"
        },
        "pastSimple": "sang",
        "pastParticiple": "sung",
        "ingForm": "singing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make musical sounds with your voice in the form of a song or tune",
            "sensetop": "sing to somebodysing somethingsing something to somebodysing somebody somethingsing somebody to sleep",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I just can't sing in tune!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always wanted to be on stage, **singing and dancing**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was dancing around and singing at the top of his voice *(= very loudly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The role is traditionally sung by a tenor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She usually sings in the shower."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was invited to sing in a choir."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chorus sang beautifully."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was singing softly to the baby.",
                    "contextForm": "sing to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **sing a hymn/an anthem**",
                    "contextForm": "sing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now I'd like to **sing a song** by the Beatles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will you sing a song to us?",
                    "contextForm": "sing something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will you sing us a song?",
                    "contextForm": "sing somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sang the baby to sleep *(= sang until the baby went to sleep)*.",
                    "contextForm": "sing somebody to sleep"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you ever heard the band sing live?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was singing quietly to himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't sing very well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shall I sing to you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could sing a bit and agreed to take part in the show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We played and sang together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "boy bands singing about love"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["loud", "loudly", "lustily"],
                "verb + sing": ["be able to", "can"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be sung to the tune of something",
                    "sing at the top of your lungs",
                    "sing at the top of your voice"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make high musical sounds",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The birds were singing outside my window."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Birds started singing because they thought dawn had broken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every bird in the field was **singing its heart out** *(= singing loudly, as if it was very happy)*."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["loud", "loudly", "lustily"],
                "verb + sing": ["be able to", "can"],
                "preposition": ["about", "to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be sung to the tune of something",
                    "sing at the top of your lungs",
                    "sing at the top of your voice"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a high ringing sound like a whistle (= a small metal or plastic tube that you blow to make a loud high sound)",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Bullets sang past my ears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt faint and the blood was singing in her head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kettle was singing away on the stove."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used for saying that a situation may still change, for example that a contest, election, etc. is not finished yet, and somebody still has a chance to win it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change your opinion about somebody/something or your attitude towards somebody/something",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show that you are in agreement with each other by saying the same things in public",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to praise somebody very highly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's always singing his praises."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪŋ/",
                "audio": "si/sing/sing__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪŋz/",
                "audio": "si/sing/sings__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sæŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/sing/sang__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌŋ/",
                "audio": "su/sing/sung__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/",
                "audio": "si/sing/singing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪŋ/",
                "audio": "si/sing/sing__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɪŋz/",
                "audio": "si/sing/sings__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sæŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/sing/sang__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌŋ/",
                "audio": "su/sing/sung__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/",
                "audio": "si/sing/singing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English singan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen."
}