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ləns noun
1.
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
2.
the state or fact of being silent; muteness.
3.
absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.
4.
the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.
5.
concealment; secrecy.
verb (used with object)
6.
to put or bring to silence; still.
7.
to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet.
8.
Military. to still (enemy guns), as by more effective fire.
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be silent! “Silence!” the teacher shouted.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the state or quality of being silent |
| 2. | the absence of sound or noise; stillness |
| 3. | refusal or failure to speak, communicate, etc, when expected: his silence on the subject of their promotion was alarming |
| 4. | a period of time without noise |
| 5. | oblivion or obscurity |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to bring to silence |
| 7. | to put a stop to; extinguish: to silence all complaint |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin silēntium, from silēre to be quiet. See | |
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Word Origin & History
silence
early 13c., from O.Fr. silence "absence of sound," from L. silentium "a being silent," from silens, prp. of silere "be quiet or still," of unknown origin. Replaced O.E. swige. The verb (trans.) is attested from 1590s, from the noun. Silencer "mechanism that stifles the sound of a motor or firearm" first
recorded 1898.
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Example sentences
The silence of the barn is the silence of the country and that peaceful quiet crescendoed long into the night.
Soon the words about bears and porridge being too hot melt into silence.
Our companions grow jittery, and an awkward silence falls.
Thirty-three undergrads watched videos of a tennis player hitting a ball, sometimes with a grunt, sometimes in silence.
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