VOCALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vocalise mean? 

• VOCALISE (verb)
  The verb VOCALISE has 5 senses:

1. sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

2. pronounce as a vowel

3. express or state clearly

4. utter with vibrating vocal chords

5. utter speech sounds

  Familiarity information: VOCALISE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOCALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vocalise    ... he / she / it vocalises   
Past simple: vocalised   
Past participle: vocalised   
-ing form: vocalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

vocalise; vocalize

Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vocaliser (a person who sings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pronounce as a vowel

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

vocalise; vocalize; vowelise; vowelize

Context example:

between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized

Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Express or state clearly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

articulate; enunciate; vocalise; vocalize

Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Utter with vibrating vocal chords

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

sound; vocalise; vocalize; voice

Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vocalise"):

chirk (make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird)

quaver; waver (give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vocalisation (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)

vocaliser (an organism that can utter vocal sounds)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Utter speech sounds

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

phonate; vocalise; vocalize

Hypernyms (to "vocalise" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Burivalova and his team found that soundscape saturation peaked at dawn and dusk, likely because most birds and amphibians vocalise in those periods.

(Scientists record the sound of intact forest, SciDev.Net)