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VOCALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter speech sounds

Synonyms:

phonate; vocalise; vocalize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vocalize" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

vocal (having or using the power to produce speech or sound)

vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)

vocalizer (an organism that can utter vocal sounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter with vibrating vocal chords

Synonyms:

sound; vocalise; vocalize; voice

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vocalize" 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 "vocalize"):

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:

vocalization (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)

vocalizer (a person who sings)

vocalizer (an organism that can utter vocal sounds)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express or state clearly

Synonyms:

articulate; enunciate; vocalise; vocalize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vocalize" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pronounce as a vowel

Example:

between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized

Synonyms:

vocalise; vocalize; vowelise; vowelize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vocalize" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue vocalize

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 "vocalize" is one way to...):

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue vocalize

They will vocalize the duet

Derivation:

vocal (relating to or designed for or using the singing voice)

vocalizer (a person who sings)

vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)

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