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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•cal /ˈvoʊkəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of, relating to, or produced with the voice:the vocal sounds.
- Music and Danceintended for singing:vocal music.
- willing to express oneself in words, esp. in many words or insistently;
outspoken:a vocal advocate of reform.
n. [countable] - Phoneticsa vocal sound.
- Music and Dance
- Music and Dancea musical piece for a singer;
song. - a performance of such a piece.
vo•cal•ly, adv. See -voc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•cal (vō′kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or uttered with the voice:the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- Music and Dancerendered by or intended for singing:vocal music.
- having a voice:A dog is a vocal, but not a verbal, being.
- giving forth sound with or as with a voice.
- inclined to express oneself in words, esp. copiously or insistently:a vocal advocate of reform.
- Phonetics
n. - Phoneticsa vocal sound.
- Music and Dancea musical piece for a singer, usually with instrumental accompaniment. Cf. instrumental (def. 6).
- Latin vōcālis, equivalent. to vōc- (stem of vōx) voice + -ālis -al1
- 1350–1400; Middle English
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vociferous, outspoken.
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