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# sung

verb (past participle of sing: sung)

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

## Everyday

1. Sung is the form of "sing" used after have, has, had and be: "I have sung", "It was sung". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#m1)
2. As an adjective, sung means performed by singing rather than speaking, as in "a sung service" or "sung prayers". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#m2)

### In the lessons

In grammar lessons pupils learn sing, sang, sung (like ring, rang, rung; drink, drank, drunk). In church, a sung Mass or sung Eucharist has the prayers sung by choir and people. Phrases: have sung, was sung, sung Mass, unsung hero (a hero no one praises).

### Examples

- We have sung that song three times today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x1)
- The anthem was sung at the start of the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x2)
- Happy Birthday was sung loudly by the whole class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x3)
- On Sundays there is a sung Mass at eleven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x4)
- The choir had sung beautifully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x5)
- The lollipop lady is an unsung hero of our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x6)
- Now she heard the following words sadly sung,-- [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sung/#x7)

### Note

Trap: past simple is sang ("I sang"); past participle is sung ("I have sung"). Wrong: "I have sang", "I sung yesterday" (said in some dialects, but not in school English). "Unsung" means not praised.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh songs of praise are sung to God, and the Psalms were sung by the Levites in the Temple.

**Interpretation.** Tradition remembers Israel's songs of thanks, such as the Song at the Sea, and sees song as a way of praising God.

### Examples

- Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung. (Writings JOB.36.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sung/#x1)
- In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation. (Prophets ISA.26.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sung/#x2)

### Note

Trap: past simple is sang ("I sang"); past participle is sung ("I have sung"). Wrong: "I have sang", "I sung yesterday" (said in some dialects, but not in school English). "Unsung" means not praised.

## On Mova

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