vocalize
to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
to endow with a voice; cause to utter.
Phonetics.
to voice.
to change into a vowel (contrasted with consonantalize).
(of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points.
to use the voice, as in speech or song.
to sing without uttering words, especially to warm up the voice, practice vowel sounds, etc., before a performance.
to sing scales, arpeggios, trills, or the like, usually to a solmization syllable or a vowel sound.
Phonetics. to become changed into a vowel.
Origin of vocalize
1- Also especially British, vo·cal·ise .
Other words from vocalize
- vo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
- vo·cal·iz·er, noun
- mis·vo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
- non·vo·cal·i·za·tion, noun
- sub·vo·cal·ize, verb, sub·vo·cal·ized, sub·vo·cal·iz·ing.
- un·vo·cal·ized, adjective
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How to use vocalize in a sentence
As early as eight months of age, some infants behave in ways that appear to comfort other distressed babies, including looking at them, waving to them, vocalizing at them, and even reaching out to touch them.
What Makes Baby Yoda So Lovable? - Facts So Romantic | Morgan K. Hoke & Douglas K. Smit | November 4, 2020 | NautilusWith just one acoustic receiver, it’s impossible to determine the number of whales vocalizing or to pinpoint their location within the channel.
Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help. | Erik Olsen | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceVocalization does not make an artist, but there can be no artist without sound vocalization.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking | Wesley MillsDr. Coues says of it: "The kinglet's exquisite vocalization defies description."
Bird Neighbors | Neltje BlanchanHer delivery of 'Casta Diva' is a transcendent effort of vocalization.
Great Singers, Second Series | George T. Ferris
This she did in a far-away voice, sweetly and with excellent vocalization, but the first notes startled Serviss.
The Tyranny of the Dark | Hamlin GarlandGerster undertaking the part of "Gilda," which she sang with rare delicacy and brilliancy of vocalization, so that "Brava's!"
The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II | James H. Mapleson
British Dictionary definitions for vocalize
vocalise
/ (ˈvəʊkəˌlaɪz) /
to express with or use the voice; articulate (a speech, song, etc)
(tr) to make vocal or articulate
(tr) phonetics
to articulate (a speech sound) with voice
to change (a consonant) into a vowel
another word for vowelize
(intr) to sing a melody on a vowel, etc
Derived forms of vocalize
- vocalization or vocalisation, noun
- vocalizer or vocaliser, noun
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