26984 words

soprano

5 definitions • 5 examples
1
a woman or girl with a voice that can sing the highest notes:

Examples:

Sopranos Ann Monoyios and Miriam Dubrow sang with beaming, radiant sweetness.
2
a boy with a voice that sings the highest notes:

Examples:

The range of his voice changed a lot over his career; he started as a soprano and finished an alto.
3
having a voice that uses the highest notes:

Examples:

She sang regularly as a soprano soloist in many choral works.
The soprano voice of a 13-year-old boy singing rang through the building.
4
in a voice that uses the highest notes:

Examples:

She spent 20 years singing soprano with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
5
a woman’s or young boy’s singing voice in the highest range, or a person or musical instrument with this range

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