sing
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voiceTo produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
» Are you going to sing here?
Hast du vor hier zu singen?
Ты собираешься здесь петь?
Вы собираетесь здесь петь?
Вы будете здесь петь?
Ты будешь здесь петь?
Ти тут співатимеш?
Meaning
14 senses(intransitive)To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
singen
петьpetʹ, спетьspetʹ
співа́тиspiváty, заспіва́тиzaspiváty
produce tones with the voice
(intransitive)To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
(transitive)To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
sing a lullaby
(transitive)To soothe with singing.
to sing somebody to sleep
deliver by singing
Of birds, to vocalise:
(ambitransitive)To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
(ambitransitive, literary)To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
to make melodious sounds
(idiomatic)To rejoice.
My heart was singing.
(idiomatic, intransitive, slang)To confess under interrogation.
(intransitive)To make a small, shrill sound.
The air sings in passing through a crevice.
a singing kettle
make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
(ambitransitive)To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry; to praise.
(idiomatic, intransitive)To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
The sauce really makes this lamb sing.
(ergative)To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
Examples
3394 sentencesAre you going to sing here?
Ти тут співатимеш?
ruТы собираешься здесь петь?
deHast du vor hier zu singen?
I want to sing a song.
Я хочу заспівати пісню.
ruХочу петь песню.
deIch möchte ein Lied singen.
Have you ever heard him sing?
Ви коли-небудь чули, як він співає?
deHast du ihn jemals singen gehört?
I like the way you sing.
Мені подобається, як ти співаєш.
ruМне нравится, как ты поёшь.
deEs gefällt mir, wie du singst.
Tom has never heard Mary sing.
Том ніколи не чув, як Мері співає.
ruТом никогда не слышал, чтобы Мари пела.
deTom hat Maria niemals singen gehört.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English singen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English singen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sjunge (“to sing”), West Frisian sjonge (“to sing”), Dutch zingen (“to sing”), German Low German singen (“to sing”), German singen (“to sing”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synge (“to sing”), Swedish sjunga (“to sing”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic syngja (“to sing”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”).
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Forms
sings, singing, sang, sungPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
11 synonyms- make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound:whistle
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Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
44 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- sing that song
- want to sing
- sing together
- sing a song
- sing very well
- going to sing
- to sing with
- sing as well
- like to sing
- to sing together
- sing better better
- sing the song