/sɒŋ/
Translation
A short piece of music with words that people sing.
Word origin
From Old English sang, closely tied to the verb to sing.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sang
Grammar
Examples
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"Song" is a piece of music with words.
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A "song" can be played as well as sung.
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"Songs" is the plural, meaning more than one song.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(5)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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