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• a love/pop/rock song
• we sang a song together.
• the theme song to the hit tv show
• a hit/popular/traditional song

song

1. a short piece of music with words that you sing
• SEE ALSO folk song
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/folk-song
• a love/pop/rock song
• We sang a song together.
• the theme song to the hit TV show
• a hit/popular/traditional song
• to write/record/perform/play a song
• to listen to/hear a song
• She taught us the words of a French song.
• What's your favourite song from the show?
• the best song on the album
• songs about love
• a song of praise/love
• a collection of songs by various artists

Extra Examples

• A rap song came on the radio.
• After a few drinks, they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices.
• He had a string of hit songs in the 1970s.
• He released an album of cover songs.
• How does the song go?
• I downloaded a song from the internet.
• She closed the concert by singing her signature song.
• The band were still playing slow songs.
• a Hungarian folk song
• a protest song written in the sixties
• the theme song from ‘The Godfather’
• the title song from the Beatles' album ‘Help!’
• an old song she'd learned from her mother
• a song called 'If I Only Had Time'
• They sang him his favourite song.
• an orchestral version of the song
• The album contains five original songs and six covers.
• song titles/lyrics
2. songs in general; music for singing
• SEE ALSO plainsong
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/plainsong
• The story is told through song and dance.
• Suddenly he burst into song (= started to sing).
• I hate it when characters break into song (= start to sing) for no apparent reason.
• Their voices were raised in song.
• Important historical events were commemorated in song.
3. the musical sounds that birds make
• the song of the blackbird
4. very cheaply; at a low price
• She bought the painting for a song.
• The property is going for a song because they need to sell it fast.
5. working or performing well
• The whole team was on song.
6. to show that you are in agreement with each other by saying the same things in public
7. if you make a song and dance about something, you complain or talk about it too much when this is not necessary
• She gives generously to charity without making a song and dance about it.
8. a long explanation about something, or excuse for something

Word Origin

• Old English sang, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zang and German Sang, also to sing.