singer

«singer» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who sings, especially as a job or very well — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a singer, singers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A singer is a person who sings, especially as a job or very well. tree →

2) A singer can be any person singing at a given moment, like in a choir. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons and stories it names someone who performs songs: a pop singer, an opera singer, a choir singer. In word problems singers are counted in choirs and bands. Phrases: lead singer, backing singer, opera singer, folk singer.

examples

• My favourite singer has a new song out. tree →
• The choir has 24 singers. tree →
• She wants to be a singer when she grows up. tree →
• The lead singer waved to the crowd. tree →
• Our music teacher is a great singer. tree →
• The opera singer hit a very high note. tree →
• Each singer had a solo in the school concert. tree →
• If 3 rows have 8 singers each, there are 24 singers. tree →
• The singers burst forth in a lively tune. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced SING-er (no hard "g" sound, unlike "finger"). Verb: sing, sang, sung. Trap: "singer" is not the same as "songwriter" (who writes songs).

In the corpora

• Hopes are not news: "a special guest" at assembly does not mean the singer everybody wants.
• One mimed song on a TV show, where many performers mime, does not prove a singer cannot sing.
• The presenter giggles about a singer's "secret heartbreak".
• Multitrack recording puts each part on its own track, so one singer can record many layers of harmony.
• Nerves make breath short and the voice shaky, even in good singers; slow breathing before singing helps calm the voice.

Trees and pragmatics

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