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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024song /sɔŋ, sɑŋ/USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dance[countable] a short piece of music for singing.
- Music and Dance the art or act of singing;
vocal music:[uncountable]a night of wine, women, and song. - Animal Behavior[countable] a patterned vocal sound produced by an animal, as by male birds, frogs, etc.
Idioms- Idioms for a song, at a very low price:I bought the rug for a song.
See -son-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024song (sông, song),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas;
a lyric;
a ballad. - Music and Dancea musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung:Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words.''
- Poetrypoetical composition;
poetry. - Music and Dancethe art or act of singing;
vocal music. - Music and Dancesomething that is sung.
- Animal Behavioran elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
- for a song, at a very low price;
as a bargain:We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.
- bef. 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws
Ai•ling (ī′ling′).USA pronunciation See Soong, Ai-ling. Qing•ling (ching′ling′).USA pronunciation See Soong, Ching-ling. Mei•ling (mā′ling′).USA pronunciation See Soong, Mei-ling. Zi•wen (zœ′wun′).USA pronunciation See Soong, Tse-ven. - Sung.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: song /sɒŋ/ n - a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist
- the whole repertory of such pieces
- (as modifier): a song book
- poetical composition; poetry
- the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects
- the act or process of singing: they raised their voices in song
- for a song ⇒ at a bargain price
- on song ⇒ Brit informal performing at peak efficiency or ability
Etymology: Old English sang; related to Gothic saggws, Old High German sang; see sing Soong (sŏŏng),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
Ai-ling (ī′ling′),USA pronunciation 1888–1973, wife of H. H. Kung.Ching-ling or Ch'ing-ling (ching′ling′),USA pronunciation 1892–1981, widow of Sun Yat-sen.Mei-ling or Mayling (mā′ling′),USA pronunciation born 1898, wife of Chiang Kai-shek.Tse-ven or Tzu-wen (tsŏŏ′wun′),USA pronunciation (T.V.), 1894–1971, Chinese financier. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Song /sʊŋ/ n - the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Soong, Song /sʊŋ/ n - an influential Chinese family, notably Soong Ch'ing-ling (1890–1981), who married Sun Yat-sen and became a vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959); and Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), who married Chiang Kai-shek
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Sung, Song /sʊŋ/ n - an imperial dynasty of China (960–1279 ad), notable for its art, literature, and philosophy
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