{
    "term": "singing",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the activity of making musical sounds with your voice",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the beautiful singing of birds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the singing of hymns/songs/carols"
                },
                {
                    "text": "choral singing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was **singing and dancing** all night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a singing teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a beautiful **singing voice**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sound of singing came from the kitchen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her brother accompanied her singing on the piano."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not that good at singing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The vicar led the hymn singing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every country has its own traditions of folk singing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She left her home town in order to pursue her dream of a singing career."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "fine", "good"],
                "verb + singing": ["lead", "accompany", "be good at"],
                "singing + noun": ["career", "lesson", "teacher"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/",
                "audio": "si/singing/singing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/",
                "audio": "si/singing/singing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}