"singing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-singing.ogg [US] Forms: more singing [comparative], most singing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ, -ɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|syngyng}} Middle English syngyng, {{af|en|sing|-ing}} sing + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)
  1. (music) Smooth and flowing. Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: smooth and flowing): amhránach (Irish)
    Sense id: en-singing-en-adj-23BQ28Pi Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: smooth and flowing': 98 2
  2. (of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
    Sense id: en-singing-en-adj-NY9H9L~3

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-singing.ogg [US] Forms: singings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ, -ɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|syngyng}} Middle English syngyng, {{af|en|sing|-ing}} sing + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)
  1. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing): غِنَاء (ḡināʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), غُنا (ḡuna) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), cãntare [feminine] (Aromanian), спеў (spjeŭ) [masculine, plural, usually] (Belarusian), спе́вы (spjévy) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), спява́нне (spjavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), пе́ене (péene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 歌唱 (gēchàng) (Chinese Mandarin), zpěv [masculine] (Czech), zang [masculine] (Dutch), икэвкэ (ikəwkə) (Evenki), laulaminen (Finnish), laulu (Finnish), chant [masculine] (French), Singen [neuter] (German), Gesang [masculine] (German), 𐍃𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (saggws) [masculine] (Gothic), שירה (shirá) [feminine] (Hebrew), זימרה (zimrá) [feminine] (Hebrew), गायकी (gāykī) [feminine] (Hindi), गायन (gāyan) [masculine] (Hindi), éneklés (Hungarian), cantaireacht [feminine] (Irish), canadh [masculine] (Irish), canto [masculine] (Italian), 歌唱 (kashō) (alt: かしょう) (Japanese), 가창 (gachang) (Korean), пеење (peenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ആലാപനം (ālāpanaṁ) (Malayalam), syngyng (Middle English), song (Middle English), ⴰⴱⴰⵖⵓⵔ (abaɣur) (Moroccan Amazigh), śpiew [masculine] (Polish), canto [masculine] (Portuguese), cântare [feminine] (Romanian), пе́ние (pénije) [neuter] (Russian), песнопе́ние (pesnopénije) [neuter] (Russian), गायन (gāyana) [neuter] (Sanskrit), певање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pevanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), spev [masculine] (Slovak), petje [neuter] (Slovene), canto [masculine] (Spanish), uimbaji (Swahili), పాడుట (pāḍuṭa) (Telugu), спів (spiv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), співа́ння (spivánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-singing-en-noun-I8RUsaie Disambiguation of 'the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing': 98 1 1
  2. (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Translations (informal: disclosing information, or giving evidence about another): издайничество (izdajničestvo) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-singing-en-noun-tkhWdl47 Disambiguation of 'informal: disclosing information, or giving evidence about another': 2 96 2
  3. (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs. Tags: US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-singing-en-noun-tZ7yYgKN Categories (other): American English

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-singing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ, -ɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|syngyng}} Middle English syngyng, {{af|en|sing|-ing}} sing + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} singing
  1. present participle and gerund of sing Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sing Related terms: sing, singing bowl, singing bread, song
    Sense id: en-singing-en-verb-BZxqJdcA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 14 5 2 31 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 7 11 11 4 29 38

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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "かしょう",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gachang",
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          "word": "가창"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ālāpanaṁ",
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          "word": "ആലാപനം"
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          "code": "zgh",
          "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
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          "word": "ⴰⴱⴰⵖⵓⵔ"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "śpiew"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "canto"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cântare"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pénije",
          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "пе́ние"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pesnopénije",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "песнопе́ние"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "gāyana",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "певање"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
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          "word": "pevanje"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
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          "word": "petje"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "canto"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
          "word": "uimbaji"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pāḍuṭa",
          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
          "word": "పాడుట"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spiv",
          "sense": "the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "spivánnja",
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      "word": "śpiew"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "music: smooth and flowing",
      "word": "amhránach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "singing"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "syngyng"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English syngyng",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sing",
        "3": "-ing"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English syngyng; equivalent to sing + -ing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "singing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sing"
    },
    {
      "word": "singing bowl"
    },
    {
      "word": "singing bread"
    },
    {
      "word": "song"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sing"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of sing"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sing#English"
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        "present"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪŋɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-singing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-singing.ogg/En-us-singing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-singing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "singing"
}

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