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  song

  noun

  a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
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  Song

  noun

  a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols. Also Sung

song

¹ American  

[sawng, song] / sɔŋ, sɒŋ /

noun

• songs
  plural

1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.

2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung.

   Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”

3. poetical composition; poetry.

4. the art or act of singing; vocal music.

5. something that is sung.

6. an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.

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idioms

1. for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain.

   We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.

Song ² American  

[sawng] / sɔŋ /

noun

Pinyin.

1. a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols. Also Sung

2. Ailing Ai-ling Soong.

3. Qingling Ching-ling Soong.

4. Meiling Mei-ling Soong.

5. Ziwen Tse-ven Soong.

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song ¹ British  

/ sɒŋ /

noun

1. 1. a piece of music, usually employing a verbal text, composed for the voice, esp one intended for performance by a soloist

   2. the whole repertory of such pieces

   3. ( as modifier )

      a song book

2. poetical composition; poetry

3. the characteristic tuneful call or sound made by certain birds or insects

4. the act or process of singing

   they raised their voices in song

5. at a bargain price

6. informal performing at peak efficiency or ability

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Song ² British  

/ sʊŋ /

noun

1. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Sung

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song More Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing song

• for a song
• swan song

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• songlike
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• songs
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of song

First recorded before 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws

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Explanation

Feeling happy? Feeling sad? Sing a song! A song is poetry set to music, and there’s a song for every occasion, from “Happy Birthday” to “Here Comes the Bride.” Tra la la! Most songs have words, or lyrics, though not all of them do — and we call the musical sound a bird makes a song as well. Sometimes rhyming poems are called songs, like Pablo Neruda's "April Rain Song." If your friend tells you she bought her bicycle "for a song," that simply means it was inexpensive, not that she actually had to sing a song to get it.

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Harry Styles performed an unreleased song he wrote for his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

When Miller saw a comment from actor Antonio Cipriano, saying he "needed this song", he sent him a message suggesting he feature on a recording – then "panicked" and added "haha, joking".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

It’s the song of the spurned lover recalling the good times, and realizing that they’re irrevocably lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Los Javis first worked with Guitarrica on a documentary miniseries about Pedro Almodóvar called “Pedro x Javis,” for which they asked him to perform the classic Mexican song “Cucurrucucú Paloma.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“He’s even written a special song in honor of the day,” Nollie said.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

And residents have given their homes whimsical nicknames such as Sea Urchin, Surf Song and A Whistle Away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“China is bucking the entire global trend,” said Lynn Song, chief economist for China at investment bank ING.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Song Min-ho, also known by his stage name Mino, is a member of K-pop group Winner.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

David is the frontman of the Italian rock band Måneskin, which formed in Rome in 2016 and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 with their song “Zitti e Buoni.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Our trombone sounds are in sync, and after we make it all the way through “A Song of Peace,” I relax into the silence that follows the last note.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

The German composer adapts several Scottish folk songs in a work for orchestra and violin that beautifully evokes a place and its people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

On her drive to work, she would blast songs by Ukrainian ska punk band Zhadan and the Dogs, singing along to lyrics that mixed denunciations of the war with empathy for its Ukrainian victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

With these songs, I was also looking back at a lot of the traditional Texas dance hall music that I grew up hearing, and wanting to purposely make a record that people could two-step to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

At the funeral service on Wednesday, patriotic songs blaring, the city's deputy mayor Nguyen Manh Cuong said authorities "will not overlook any opportunity or method to continue the journey of searching for the fallen comrades".

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Birds, both natural and magical, sang out their songs, each competing with its neighbor.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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