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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•cal•ize /ˈvoʊkəˌlaɪz/USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing. - to make vocal; to make or produce sounds;
articulate: [~ + object]to vocalize one's objections.[no object]dolphins and chimpanzees vocalizing. - Music and Dance[no object] to sing;
to sing without uttering words.
vo•cal•i•za•tion /ˌvoʊkələˈzeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]the process of vocalization.[countable]some strange vocalizations.See -voc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•cal•ize (vō′kə līz′),USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing. v.t. - 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).
- Linguistics(of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points.
v.i. - Music and Dance, Phoneticsto use the voice, as in speech or song.
- Music and Danceto sing without uttering words, esp. to warm up the voice, practice vowel sounds, etc., before a performance.
- Music and Danceto sing scales, arpeggios, trills, or the like, usually to a solmization syllable or a vowel sound.
- Phoneticsto become changed into a vowel.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] vocalise. vo′cal•i•za′tion, n. vo′cal•iz′er, n. |