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)
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She told the BBC that the first time she was able to vocalise what she had been through was when making the documentary.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
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
The term vocalise refers to a song without words.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
The Kalevala text is whispered, not sung; the rest of the soprano part is almost entirely vocalise: wordless singing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
This is true, whether the student sings an exercise, a vocalise, a song, or an aria.
From The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by David C. (David Clark) Taylor
"He vocalised it. He lived it. He exemplified it," she said.
From BBC ● May 8, 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
Tones vocalised in the cave near the 231 Hz frequency are amplified and lengthened by the cave.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
The new arrangement was to have been performed without instrumental accompaniment by a choir who would have vocalised the tune, a style of singing often using vowel sounds but not full words.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
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 Sir Owen Seaman
They arrived "bright, alert and responsive" and quickly began "vocalising to the females on the other side of the gate", he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
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
Then he sang this song, in a low and almost toneless voice, uttering the notes rather than vocalising them.
From The Green Carnation by Robert Smythe Hichens
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