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Meaning of mis-sing | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
/mɪsˈsɪŋ/

Definitions

To sing incorrectly.

Examples

“The ragas are personified, like the devatā of a mantram; so that to mis-sing a rāga or rāginī is to break the limbs of a god or goddess.”
“I watch and listen to children learning this little song, and through repeated observation of the videotapes and examination of the way the children sing or mis-sing the song, I plumb new depths of understanding music and learning.”
“Still he apprehends that the song has been mis-sung or that he has been scolded for doing something which he did not do, and this apprehending must be classified as belonging to thinking.”
“And remember this other immortal line of the same song you misheard—not to mention mis-sang? 'Olive, the other reindeer.'”
“She found him a piano teacher so he could learn some of the songs in the music books – his missinging of the tunes was driving her crazy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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