- a variation of vocalize.
vocalise
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of vocalise
1870–75; < French vocalise, apparently noun derivative of vocaliser to vocalize, with -ise taken as a noun suffix ( see -ise 2)
Example Sentences
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Against Forest, the visiting fans continued to vocalise their views of the biggest sporting sanction meted out in Premier League history.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Louise and Andy Davies, from Brecon, sought help when their three-year-old son Ethan became frustrated when he could not vocalise what he wanted to say.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022
In some moments this is explicit — note the cooing vocalise and ad-agency camerawork when Yangjin prepares a special goodbye meal of hard-to-find white rice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
The term vocalise refers to a song without words.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
These are followed by a vocalise or two, and a couple of songs or arias, which fill out the thirty minutes.
From The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by Taylor, David C. (David Clark)
"He vocalised it. He lived it. He exemplified it," she said.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
Fan anger has again been aimed at chairman Daniel Levy - vocalised in persistent 'Levy out' calls from supporters both home and away.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
It revealed that greater spatial overlap between clans caused their respective identity coda repertoires to become more different from each other, by modulating the frequency with which they are vocalised.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
"We recorded the shamanic practitioner and found that they repeatedly vocalised tones at 231 Hz, which were then amplified by the cave at its natural frequency."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
That last and entirely superfluous note of exclamation seems only to be adequately vocalised as a chuckle.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
The Atlantic dataset comprised two different clans and had rich annotations of the coda types recorded, the identity of the vocalising whales and their social relations.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
"In this study, we used recordings of chickens vocalising in all different scenarios from a previous experiment," Professor Henning said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2024
Before the cast took the stage, a group of musicians and dancers playing African drums and vocalising gave a spine-tingling performance that had the crowd on their feet.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
West may be eccentric, but he is just vocalising an attitude that is now fully mainstream.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2018
The eldest Miss Botting knew Kipps was the sort of guest who requires nursing, and she came forward vocalising charm.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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