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# karaoke

noun (karaoke, uncountable)

«karaoke» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Karaoke is singing along to recorded music while the words of the song appear on a screen, for fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#m1)
2. A karaoke machine or karaoke night is the equipment or event for this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is a fun party, birthday or holiday activity; in music lessons it helps practise singing. It comes from Japan. Phrases: «sing karaoke», «karaoke night», «karaoke machine».

### Examples

- We sang karaoke at my birthday party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x1)
- Grandma loves karaoke nights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x2)
- The karaoke machine shows the words on the TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x3)
- My dad sang a funny song at karaoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x4)
- Karaoke comes from Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x5)
- Let's do karaoke after dinner! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x6)
- She was shy, but she sang at karaoke anyway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x7)
- The words turned yellow on the karaoke screen as we sang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: «karaoke», not «a karaoke» (but «a karaoke night»). English speakers say «karry-OH-kee»; in Japanese it is «kah-rah-oh-keh» and means «empty orchestra».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «karaoke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/karaoke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«karaoke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/karaoke.html) on Mova free.