vocal
of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism;vocal criticism.
rendered 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, especially copiously or insistently: a vocal advocate of reform.
Phonetics.
a vocal sound.
a musical piece for a singer, usually with instrumental accompaniment.: Compare instrumental (def. 6).
Origin of vocal
1Other words for vocal
Other words from vocal
- vo·cal·i·ty [voh-kal-i-tee], /voʊˈkæl ɪ ti/, vo·cal·ness, noun
- vo·cal·ly, adverb
- non·vo·cal, adjective, noun
- non·vo·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use vocal in a sentence
Now, just like other 12-year-olds, she goes to school, plays with her friends and is more vocal about her rights.
Otherwise a vocal minority get to make the decisions for the majority.
Levi Strauss’s Chip Bergh on why he’s taking his most direct stance yet against structural racism | Ellen McGirt | September 1, 2020 | FortuneI think that its leaders have been very vocal about the fact that they have Marxist leanings.
The Information reported last week that Epic is trying to drum up support from other tech companies to join its vocal opposition against Apple’s business practices.
Publishers could soon have more leverage to force Apple to relax its ‘my way or the highway’ approach | Lara O'Reilly | August 25, 2020 | DigidayNews Corp has been vocal about the platforms, we’re going into this with eyes wide open.
‘It’s less dire than it seemed to be’: How The Wall Street Journal’s digital ads business has weathered the downturn | Lucinda Southern | August 20, 2020 | Digiday
I ended up developing a blister on one of my vocal cords, so that kinda sucked.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll | James Joiner | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTJessen was named a Mormon bishop, but the appointment was met with vocal protests.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEntrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa is a vocal proponent of gender diversity.
Tech’s Male ‘Feminists’ Aren’t Helping | Cate Huston, Karen Catlin | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne, from a short preview of her rehearsal performance, is that Williams certainly boasts the vocal chops to do the part justice.
The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’ | Kevin Fallon | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCooke describes Joplin as being “always on the prowl and vocal about it.”
The infant begins its vocal utterances with simple cries; only at a later age does it begin to articulate.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe opera is too full of unnecessary incidents and details, too heavily orchestrated, and not sufficiently vocal.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyHe established a singing school where he taught vocal music and published "Choral Music," a collection of German songs.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThus, contributions to vocal music, instrumental music and musical forms have been made by natives and residents of Virginia.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyWhen these additional signs were invented the vocal and instrumental notes had come to be employed together.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
British Dictionary definitions for vocal
/ (ˈvəʊkəl) /
of, relating to, or designed for the voice: vocal music
produced or delivered by the voice: vocal noises
connected with an attribute or the production of the voice: vocal organs
frequently disposed to outspoken speech, criticism, etc: a vocal minority
full of sound or voices: a vocal assembly
endowed with a voice
eloquent or meaningful
phonetics
of or relating to a speech sound
of or relating to a voiced speech sound, esp a vowel
a piece of jazz or pop music that is sung
a performance of such a piece of music
Origin of vocal
1Derived forms of vocal
- vocality (vəʊˈkælɪtɪ), noun
- vocally, adverb
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