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VOCALISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter speech sounds

Synonyms:

phonate; vocalise; vocalize

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:

Express or state clearly

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:

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 "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)

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