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sing
English
Etymology
From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *seng??-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?ng, IPA(key): /s??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
sing (third-person singular simple present sings, present participle singing, simple past sang, past participle sung or (archaic) sungen)
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
- (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
- (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- Bid her […] sing / Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
- 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 118, page 685)
- No song sings well unless it is open-vowelled, and has the rhythmic stress on the vowels. Tennyson's songs, for instance, are not generally adapted to music.
- 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 118, page 685)
Synonyms
- (confess under interrogation): See also Thesaurus:confess and Thesaurus:rat out
Derived terms
Related terms
- song
Translations
Noun
sing (plural sings)
- The act, or event, of singing songs.
- 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
- Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.
- 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
Derived terms
- singsong
See also
- singe
Anagrams
- IGNs, Ings, NGIs, gins, ings, nigs, sign, snig
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zingen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??/
Verb
sing (present sing, present participle singende, past participle gesing)
- to sing
Derived terms
- gesonge (verbal adjective)
German
Pronunciation
Verb
sing
- singular imperative of singen
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German. First attested in 1368.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??i??]
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
sing (plural singek)
- (archaic) cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm)
Declension
Derived terms
- singcsont
References
Further reading
- sing in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Chinese ? (MC ?i??).
Noun
sing
- sound
Zou
Etymology 1
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thii?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kja?. Cognates include Burmese ????? (hkyang:) and Chinese ? (ji?ng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si???/
Noun
síng
- ginger
Etymology 2
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thi?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *si?. Cognates include Burmese ??? (sac) and Chinese ? (x?n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si???/
Noun
síng
- tree
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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dispute
English
Etymology
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- (verb)
- IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Noun
dispute (plural disputes)
- An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
- (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
- Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Translations
Verb
dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
Derived terms
- industrial dispute
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- dispute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dispute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin disput?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.pyt/
Noun
dispute f (plural disputes)
- dispute
Related terms
- disputer
Descendants
- ? Romanian: disput?
Further reading
- “dispute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- stupide
Italian
Noun
dispute f
- plural of disputa
Anagrams
- stupide
Portuguese
Verb
dispute
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di?spute]
Noun
dispute f
- indefinite plural of disput?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]
Verb
dispute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of disputar.
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