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vocalize
[voh-kuh-lahyz]
verb (used with object)
to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
to endow with a voice; cause to utter.
Phonetics.
to voice.
to change into a vowel (consonantalize ).
(of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points.
verb (used without object)
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.
vocalize
/ ˈəʊəˌɪ /
verb
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
Other Word Forms
- vocalization noun
- vocalizer noun
- misvocalization noun
- nonvocalization noun
- subvocalize verb
- unvocalized adjective
- ˌdzˈپDz noun
- ˈdzˌ noun
Example Sentences
Perhaps he’d vocalize his destructive thoughts at some point and seek help?
“There’s no denying David Johansen’s bratty vocalizing… But unlike the MC5 — fellow revolutionaries who more directly presaged the hard-core aspects of the coming punk rebellion — the Dolls had clearer roots in the rock mainstream.”
The lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and 20 congressional Democrats, vocalized their disappointment in a scathing letter signed last Sunday.
Its meals have always been “completely customizable,” meaning customers can “vocalize or digitally select their desired portions when choosing from the list of real ingredients,” Chipotle clarified.
They also vocalize to tell their chicks they are back at the nest with food and, seemingly, to cheer on their babies when they’re learning to fly.
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