Vocalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Vocalize is a verb meaning To express with the voice, to utter.
Meaning
To express with the voice, to utter.
More Meanings
- (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.
- (music) To sing without using words.
- (linguistics) To turn a consonant into a vowel.
- (linguistics, dated) To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
- (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
Example Sentences
We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.
In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.
Following the modern spirit, the real poems of the present, ever solidifying and expanding into the future, must vocalize the vastness and splendor and reality with which scientism has invested man and the universe,[…]
Word Forms
- vocalizes
- vocalizing
- vocalized
- vocalise
Synonyms for vocalize
Depending on context, synonyms include outspeak, articulate, enunciate, vowelize, voice.
Antonyms for vocalize
Common opposites include devoice.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enunciate, articulate, voice, vowelize, phonate, intone.
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