{
    "term": "song",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a short piece of music with words that you sing",
            "sensetop": "song by somebody",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **love/pop/rock song**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **sang a song** together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **theme song** to the hit TV show"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hit/popular/traditional song"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **write/record/perform/play a song**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **listen to/hear a song**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She taught us the words of a French song."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's your **favourite song** from the show?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the best **song on the album**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "songs about love"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a song of praise/love"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **collection of songs** by various artists",
                    "contextForm": "song by somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A rap song came on the radio."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After a few drinks, they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a string of hit songs in the 1970s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He released an album of cover songs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does the song go?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I downloaded a song from the internet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She closed the concert by singing her signature song."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band were still playing slow songs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Hungarian folk song"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a protest song written in the sixties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the theme song from ‘The Godfather’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the title song from the Beatles' album ‘Help!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an old song she'd learned from her mother"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a song called 'If I Only Had Time'"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sang him his favourite song."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an orchestral version of the song"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The album contains five original songs and six covers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "song titles/​lyrics"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["beautiful", "good", "great"],
                "verb + song": ["compose", "write", "do"],
                "song + verb": ["come on", "play", "go"],
                "song + noun": ["lyric", "lyrics", "title"],
                "preposition": ["in (a/​the) song", "song about"],
                "phrases": ["the same old song"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "songs in general; music for singing",
            "sensetop": "in song",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The story is told through **song and dance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Suddenly he **burst into song** *(= started to sing)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hate it when characters **break into song** *(= start to sing)* for no apparent reason."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their voices were raised in song.",
                    "contextForm": "in song"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Important historical events were commemorated in song."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + song": ["break into", "burst into"],
                "preposition": ["in song"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the musical sounds that birds make",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the song of the blackbird"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Birds"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very cheaply; at a low price",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She bought the painting for a song."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The property is **going for a song** because they need to sell it fast."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "working or performing well",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The whole team was on song."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "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": 1,
            "definition": "if you make a song and dance about something, you complain or talk about it too much when this is not necessary",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She gives generously to charity without making a song and dance about it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a long explanation about something, or excuse for something",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɒŋ/",
                "audio": "so/song/song__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɔːŋ/",
                "audio": "so/song/song_1_us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sang, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zang and German Sang, also to sing."
}