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VOCALISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vocalise
... he / she / it vocalises
Past simple: vocalised
-ing form: vocalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Utter with vibrating vocal chords
Synonyms:
sound; vocalise; vocalize; voice
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vocalise"):
chirk (make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird)
quaver; waver (give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
vocalisation (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)
vocaliser (an organism that can utter vocal sounds)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Synonyms:
articulate; enunciate; vocalise; vocalize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized
Synonyms:
vocalise; vocalize; vowelise; vowelize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
Synonyms:
vocalise; vocalize
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):
sing (produce tones with the voice)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
vocaliser (a person who sings)