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SUSURRATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

Synonyms:

susurration; voicelessness; whisper; whispering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("susurration" is a kind of...):

speaking; speech production (the utterance of intelligible speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "susurration"):

stage whisper (a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast)

Derivation:

susurrate (issue soft noises)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The indistinct sound of people whispering

Example:

a soft susurrus of conversation

Synonyms:

susurration; susurrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("susurration" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

susurrate (issue soft noises)

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