Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense vocalizes, present participle vocalizing, past tense, past participle vocalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use vocalise
1. verb
If you vocalize a feeling or an idea, you express it in words.
Archbishop Hunthausen also vocalized his beliefs that women and homosexuals shouldbe more active in the church. [VERB noun]
2. verb
When you vocalize a sound, you use your voice to make it, especially by singing it.
In India and Bali, students learn to vocalize music before ever picking up instruments. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
vocalize in British English
or vocalise (ˈvəʊkəˌlaɪz)
verb
1.
to express with or use the voice; articulate (a speech, song, etc)
2. (transitive)
to make vocal or articulate
3. (transitive) phonetics
a.
to articulate (a speech sound) with voice
b.
to change (a consonant) into a vowel
4. another word for vowelize
5. (intransitive)
to sing a melody on a vowel, etc
Derived forms
vocalization (ˌvocaliˈzation) or vocalisation (ˌvocaliˈsation)
noun
vocalizer (ˈvocalˌizer) or vocaliser (ˈvocalˌiser)
noun
vocalize in American English
(ˈvoʊkəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈvocalˌized or ˈvocalˌizing
1.
a.
to give utterance to; express with the voice; speak or sing
b.
to make capable of vocal expression; make vocal, or articulate
2.
to add diacritical vowel marks to (the exclusively consonantal characters of certain languages such as Hebrew)
3. Phonetics
a.
to change into or use as a vowel
b.
to voice
verb intransitive
4.
to make vocal sounds; speak or sing; specif., to do a singing exercise, using various vowel sounds