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song

UK/sɒŋ/ US/sɔŋ/ very common

noun

1.

a short musical composition with words

  • “a successful musical must have at least three good songs”
2.

a distinctive or characteristic sound

  • “the song of bullets was in the air”
  • “the song of the wind”
  • “the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead”
3.

the act of singing

  • “with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates”
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4.

the characteristic sound produced by a bird

  • “a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”
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5.

a very small sum

  • “he bought it for a song”
6.

the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

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Origin

From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to sing”).

Phrases

  • action song
  • answer song
  • art song
  • bird song
  • buay song
  • bush song
  • campfire song
  • car crash song
  • Northern Song
  • Southern Song

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