[
US
/ˈvoʊkəˌɫaɪz/
]
VERB
- express or state clearly
- utter speech sounds
- sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
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pronounce as a vowel
between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized - utter with vibrating vocal chords
How To Use vocalize In A Sentence
- [I] read what I write out loud rather than just subvocalize it as I write. October « 2008 « Subs’ Standards
- At times, she vocalizes sounds, trying in her best way to speak.
- With the _f_, the tone must be there already, _before_ I have pronounced it; to pass from the _f_ to the _r_ I must summon to my aid the auxiliary vowel _oo_, in order to prevent the formation of any unvocalized interstices in the sound. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]
- Yet I know that many poets see a double-space as a framing device for how the work looks on the page, with no significance intended for how the poem sounds when read aloud or when vocalized internally. Sheryda Warrener reads Karen Solie
- Palestinians in the diaspora risk losing "their entitlement to equal representation ... their ability to vocalise their views, to participate in matters of national governance, including the formation and political identity of the state, and to exercise the right of return. Palestinian state could leave millions of refugees with no voice at UN
- Josh listened in awe as she sang the vocalise at the end.
- Warrenpoint community needs to vocalise its hopes and expectations and make its voice heard.
- Archbishop Hunt-hausen also vocalized his beliefs that women and homosexuals should be more active in the church.
- The Vocalise, which was not on Previn's recording, comes as a quiet postlude to the Second's drama.
- Even when used in a statement so imprecise as the one he had just vocalized, it sounded as though Seth had it all planned out anyway.