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# songwriter

noun (a songwriter, songwriters)

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

## Everyday

A songwriter is a person who writes songs: the words, the tune, or both. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in music lessons and everyday talk about pop stars and bands; related words: lyrics (the words), melody (the tune), singer-songwriter (someone who writes and sings their own songs).

### Examples

- Taylor Swift is a famous singer-songwriter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#x1)
- The songwriter wrote the tune on her guitar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#x2)
- Our class became songwriters for the school concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#x3)
- Many songs are written by teams of songwriters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#x4)
- A songwriter needs ideas, rhyme and rhythm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#x5)
- He dreams of being a songwriter one day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/songwriter/#x6)

### Note

Countable. One word. A songwriter is not always the singer: many singers perform songs that other people wrote.

## On Mova

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