karaoke

«karaoke» in Mova's school dictionary: singing along to recorded music while the words of the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (karaoke, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Karaoke is singing along to recorded music while the words of the song appear on a screen, for fun. tree →

2) A karaoke machine or karaoke night is the equipment or event for this. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a fun party, birthday or holiday activity; in music lessons it helps practise singing. It comes from Japan. Phrases: «sing karaoke», «karaoke night», «karaoke machine».

examples

• We sang karaoke at my birthday party. tree →
• Grandma loves karaoke nights. tree →
• The karaoke machine shows the words on the TV. tree →
• My dad sang a funny song at karaoke. tree →
• Karaoke comes from Japan. tree →
• Let's do karaoke after dinner! tree →
• She was shy, but she sang at karaoke anyway. tree →
• The words turned yellow on the karaoke screen as we sang. tree →

note

Uncountable: «karaoke», not «a karaoke» (but «a karaoke night»). English speakers say «karry-OH-kee»; in Japanese it is «kah-rah-oh-keh» and means «empty orchestra».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «karaoke» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.