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SUBVOCALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Articulate without making audible sounds

Example:

she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized

Synonyms:

subvocalise; subvocalize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

subvocalizer (someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds)

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