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adjective
1.
silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2.
not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3.
incapable of speech; dumb.
4.
(of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5.
EXPANDLaw. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
noun
7.
a person incapable of speech.
8.
an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
9.
Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
10.
11.
EXPANDPhonetics. a stop.
12.
COLLAPSEBritish Obsolete. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.
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Mute
is always a great word to know.
So is caveat. Does it mean:
| property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time |
| a legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing |
verb (used with object)
13.
to deaden or muffle the sound of.
14.
to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.
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Link To Mute
Example Sentences
- And before long, they'd evolved to mute their signals, thus concealing their location.
- People who have been inside say that the limo is eerily serene, as if the outside world were on mute.
- Manage multiple accounts, view photos in landscape mode, and mute users for specified periods.
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World English Dictionary
| mute1 (mjuːt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not giving out sound or speech; silent |
| 2. | unable to speak; dumb |
| 3. | unspoken or unexpressed: mute dislike |
| 4. | law (of a person arraigned on indictment) refusing to answer a charge |
| 5. | phonetics another word for plosive |
| 6. | (of a letter in a word) silent |
| —n | |
| 7. | a person who is unable to speak |
| 8. | law a person who refuses to plead when arraigned on indictment for an offence |
| 9. | any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments |
| 10. | phonetics a plosive consonant; stop |
| 11. | a silent letter |
| 12. | an actor in a dumb show |
| 13. | a hired mourner at a funeral |
| —vb | |
| 14. | to reduce the volume of (a musical instrument) by means of a mute, soft pedal, etc |
| 15. | to subdue the strength of (a colour, tone, lighting, etc) |
| [C14: muwet from Old French mu, from Latin mūtus silent] | |
| usage Using this word to refer to people without speech is considered outdated and offensive and should be avoided. The phrase profoundly deaf is a suitable alternative in many contexts. | |
| 'mutely1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'muteness1 | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mute
late 14c., mewet "silent," from O.Fr. muet, dim. of mut, mo, from L. mutus "silent, dumb," probably from imitative base *mu- (cf. Skt. mukah "dumb," Gk. myein "to be shut," of the mouth). Assimilated in form in 16c. to L. mutus. The verb is first attested 1861. Related: Muted; muting. Musical noun sense
EXPANDfirst recorded 1811, of stringed instruments, 1841, of horns.
COLLAPSE
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
mute (my&oomacr;t)
adj.
Unable or unwilling to speak. n.
One who does not have the faculty of speech. No longer in technical use, considered offensive.
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