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- [fawr ey sawng, song]
- /fɔr eɪ sɔŋ, sɒŋ/
- /fɔː(r) ə sɒŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr ey sawng, song]
- /fɔr eɪ sɔŋ, sɒŋ/
Definitions of for a song words
- noun for a song a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad. 1
- noun for a song a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”. 1
- noun for a song poetical composition; poetry. 1
- noun for a song the art or act of singing; vocal music. 1
- noun for a song something that is sung. 1
- noun for a song an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display. 1
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Origin of for a song
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English song, sang, Old English; cognate with German Sang, Old Norse sǫngr, Gothic saggws
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Parts of speech for For a song
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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for a song popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
for a song usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for for a song
adj for a song
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
Antonyms for for a song
adj for a song
- high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- dear — You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for.
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