song

noun
/sɒŋ/

A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

Example

“Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.”

Other meanings

Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
The act or art of singing.

Synonyms

vocal

Related words

anisong
songburst
songify
songwright
action song
answer song
art song
bird song
buay song
bush song
cover song
diss song

Example sentences

“The song has an interesting melodic line.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I'm going to write your theme song.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“No one wants to hear your song.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "sang".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “song” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.