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lyric

How to use lyric in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lyric.

Editorial note

So, the best lyric site by a mile no longer shows up in ordinary Google lyric searches.

Examples19
Definitions7
Parts of speech3

Quick take

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lyric gathered in one view.

noun

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

noun

a short poem of songlike quality

verb

write lyrics for (a song)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lyric.

noun

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

noun

a short poem of songlike quality

verb

write lyrics for (a song)

adjective

expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"

adjective

used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"

adjective

relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"

adjective

of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"

Example sentences

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So, the best lyric site by a mile no longer shows up in ordinary Google lyric searches.

2

Other lyrics sites have to make money somehow.

3

Perhaps now would be a good time for a new lyric site run by some nice bland people to go on the offensive and rise to the top.

4

Once they have the lyrics they have no desire to look at other other lyrics - they arrive and then leave/bounce immediately.

5

Without any conclusive ground they accused other lyrics sites.

6

[1] I think rapgenius solves this problem by providing value way beyond just lyrics

7

This is both a comment on vulnerability research and a credible System Of A Down song lyric.

8

So, the only reason RG in the first place was able to provide lyrics with no spam at no costs is because they were riding on VC money.

9

Does RapGenius have the proper licensing to republish these lyrics?

10

" It would be in keeping with the previous lyric "Television, all hail grand pixelated god of\nfantasy.

11

\nBesides, now that the matter has been brought under Google's attention, they'll of course penalize the other lyric sites too, if any violation is found.

12

Let's hope that a lyric site emerges that provides lyrics with at least acceptable, non-distracting ads, and serves licensed content.

13

As a music fanatic, searching lyrics is something I do all day long every day, by the way - and when I search lyrics in Google, I really want to go to rap genius.

14

Every day, she was writing another lyric, or taking another guitar lesson, or auditioning for another play, or switching voice teachers.

15

I have no opinions about Rap Genius or their founders, I think their actions deserve a massive penalty...let them run ppc for those long tail lyric lines, I doubt those clicks cost more than a nickel.

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Would they have gone the Facebook route of datamining the hell out of Biebers fan to advertise them shit they don't need?One last thing to keep in mind: Rapgenius was an unlicensed lyric site.

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I do this because a few years ago, certain less technical members of my family received a nasty bit of malware/rootkit combo delivered -- as best I could discern -- via a song lyric look up site.

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People only look for lyrics now and again[1], it's google -> click link -> read lyrics -> leave, there's no browsing, very few people have any loyalty to any lyric site, so they have to make as much as they can off that 1 visit because they probably won't be back.

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Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lyric in a sentence?

So, the best lyric site by a mile no longer shows up in ordinary Google lyric searches.

What does lyric mean?

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

What part of speech is lyric?

lyric is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective.