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Meaning of "devoice" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEVOICE

devoice  [diːˈvɔɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEVOICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Devoice is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb devoice in English.

WHAT DOES DEVOICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of devoice in the English dictionary

The definition of devoice in the dictionary is to make voiceless.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEVOICE

PRESENT

Present
I devoice
you devoice
he/she/it devoices
we devoice
you devoice
they devoice
Present continuous
I am devoicing
you are devoicing
he/she/it is devoicing
we are devoicing
you are devoicing
they are devoicing
Present perfect
I have devoiced
you have devoiced
he/she/it has devoiced
we have devoiced
you have devoiced
they have devoiced
Present perfect continuous
I have been devoicing
you have been devoicing
he/she/it has been devoicing
we have been devoicing
you have been devoicing
they have been devoicing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I devoiced
you devoiced
he/she/it devoiced
we devoiced
you devoiced
they devoiced
Past continuous
I was devoicing
you were devoicing
he/she/it was devoicing
we were devoicing
you were devoicing
they were devoicing
Past perfect
I had devoiced
you had devoiced
he/she/it had devoiced
we had devoiced
you had devoiced
they had devoiced
Past perfect continuous
I had been devoicing
you had been devoicing
he/she/it had been devoicing
we had been devoicing
you had been devoicing
they had been devoicing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will devoice
you will devoice
he/she/it will devoice
we will devoice
you will devoice
they will devoice
Future continuous
I will be devoicing
you will be devoicing
he/she/it will be devoicing
we will be devoicing
you will be devoicing
they will be devoicing
Future perfect
I will have devoiced
you will have devoiced
he/she/it will have devoiced
we will have devoiced
you will have devoiced
they will have devoiced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been devoicing
you will have been devoicing
he/she/it will have been devoicing
we will have been devoicing
you will have been devoicing
they will have been devoicing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would devoice
you would devoice
he/she/it would devoice
we would devoice
you would devoice
they would devoice
Conditional continuous
I would be devoicing
you would be devoicing
he/she/it would be devoicing
we would be devoicing
you would be devoicing
they would be devoicing
Conditional perfect
I would have devoice
you would have devoice
he/she/it would have devoice
we would have devoice
you would have devoice
they would have devoice
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been devoicing
you would have been devoicing
he/she/it would have been devoicing
we would have been devoicing
you would have been devoicing
they would have been devoicing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you devoice
we let´s devoice
you devoice
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to devoice
Past participle
devoiced
Present Participle
devoicing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEVOICE


antichoice
ˌæntɪˈtʃɔɪs
Boyce
bɔɪs
choice
tʃɔɪs
invoice
ˈɪnvɔɪs
Joyce
dʒɔɪs
mischoice
ˈmɪsˌtʃɔɪs
outvoice
ˌaʊtˈvɔɪs
rejoice
rɪˈdʒɔɪs
revoice
riːˈvɔɪs
Rolls-Royce
ˌrəʊlzˈrɔɪs
Royce
rɔɪs
undervoice
ˈʌndəˌvɔɪs
unvoice
ʌnˈvɔɪs
voice
vɔɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEVOICE

devo
devo max
devocalise
devocalize
devoiced
devoicing
devoid
devoir
devoirs
devolution
devolutionary
devolutionist
devolve
devolvement
devon

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEVOICE

active voice
chest voice
consumer choice
export invoice
head voice
Hobson´s choice
in voice
middle voice
multiple choice
multiple-choice
of choice
out of voice
pro-choice
pro forma invoice
sailor´s choice
sailor´s-choice
share of voice
singing voice
speaking voice
with one voice

Synonyms and antonyms of devoice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «devoice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEVOICE

Find out the translation of devoice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of devoice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «devoice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

离婚的事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

devoice
570 millions of speakers

English

devoice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

devoice
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

devoice
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

devoice
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

devoice
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

devoice
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

devoice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Devoice
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

devoice
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

devoice
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

devoice
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Devoice
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

devoice
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

devoice
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Devoice
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

devoice
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

devoice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

DEVOICE
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

devoice
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

devoice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

DEVOICE
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

devoice
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

devoice
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

devoice
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of devoice

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEVOICE»

The term «devoice» is normally little used and occupies the 136.400 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEVOICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «devoice» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «devoice» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about devoice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEVOICE»

Discover the use of devoice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to devoice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sounds of Japanese with Audio CD
Table 8-4 Accent locations in feminine given names /takako/ وࢠ /ecko/ ӻࢠ /mi eko/ ඒॏࢠ /fsako/ ෋ࠤࢠ (~/fsako/) /yoHko/ ༸ࢠ /kikko/ تٱࢠ doesn't devoice. 21 As an example, consider the question /ikimasu / ߦ͖·͢ '(Will you) go?'.
Timothy J. Vance, 2008
2
What is CVCV and why should it be?
There is only one systematic exception that needs to be mentioned: dentals do not devoice. That is, the verb reden "to speak", as all other words mentioned, may be pronounced either with schwa and a non-syllabic nasal [Keed0n], or with no ...
Mouton De Gruyter, 2004
3
Consonant Strength: Phonological Patterns and Phonetic ...
Change Language S/D Environment Segments devoice b Pennsylvania German S word-initial b-p devoice & fric. vd stops Balangaw. s. syll-initial b-f, d-t/, g-kh. l-r devoice stops Somali S initial devoice &/or ...
Lisa M. Lavoie, 2001
4
Sound Mutations: The Morphophonology of Chaha
Given that only [-son] segments devoice /pp/ should become obstruent before devoicing and degemination applies to it. 2.7.2 The patterning of //?/ and It/ with sonorants Chaha /p/ and /t/ pattern with sonorants in many respects (see Chapters 1 ...
Degif Petros Banksira, 2000
5
The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence
Consequently, medial codas will not devoice (as in [o.keb.ni]). Bye argues that word-final codas in genitives do not devoice because they are phrase-medial: e.g. in [od wipo] (from (13)) the [d] is phrase-medial and so not eligible for devoicing.
Jochen Trommer, 2012
6
Current Trends in Caucasian, East European, and Inner Asian ...
Word-final obstruents generally devoice, but the situation with sonorants is more complicated. According to published transcriptions, word-final devoicing in sonorants seems to vary from subdialect or even on individual pronunciation, yet  ...
Howard Isaac Aronson, Dee Ann Holisky, Kevin Tuite, 2003
7
Slovene: A Comprehensive Grammar
Note: Final -v does not devoice in this way (i.e. it does not become f ). Final -v > u or w (see 1.7.3). (b) At the boundary of two words a final voiced obstruent is devoiced before the second word if the second word begins with a vowel or with a ...
Peter Herrity, 2000
8
Strength and Weakness at the Interface: Positional ...
If the internal process is not gradient, this could be an instance of a case analogous to some of the “final clipping” systems described below, in which short final vowels devoice completely and long vowels are devoiced partially, potentially ...
Jonathan Barnes, 2006
9
Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts: Evidence from ...
Devoicing in Cree might also be a result ofthe universal tendency to devoice; through language interference, the Cree devoicing could also have reinforced the tendency to devoice in Bungi. This interaction of universal tendencies and ...
Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, Heli Paulasto, 2008
10
Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Romance ...
4 The tendency to devoice a final syllable raises additional questions related to the role, realization, and reality of a final boundary tone in this dialect of Spanish that cannot be addressed in the present study. However, the tendency to final ...
Randall Scott Gess, Edward J. Rubin, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEVOICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term devoice is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dennis Devoice Jackson
Mr. Dennis Devoice Jackson, 67, of Germantown, Md., formerly of Perdido, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus at the residence of his son in ... «Atmore Advance, Jun 15»
2
Milton bomb house was in the news in 1990 – for a murder
JACK: THE DEVOICE INCLUDED WIRES LEADING TO A GALLON CONTAINER OF GASOLINE THAT WAS PLACED ABOVE THE CEILING IN ... «WCVB Boston, Mar 15»
3
DOWNTON ABBEY RECAP FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2015
Sinderby says that he finds devoice a sign of weakness this is bad seeing as Roses parents are all but devoiced but are just trying to play nice ... «TVGrapevine.com, Feb 15»
4
DOWNTON ABBEY RECAP FOR JANUARY 25, 2015
Rose's Father Shrimpy is returning from India but news is not great, it seems Rose's parents are going to devoice and while Shrimpy is not ... «TVGrapevine.com, Jan 15»
5
African American Tech Designer Releases Unique Smartphone Tripod
The devoice helps smartphone users extend their reach to get pictures never thought possible. Designed with portability and ease of use in ... «BlackNews.com, Dec 14»
6
JHU Patali Champika Ranawaka says Prabhakaran was better than …
Does any one want to talk about his devoice? may be not because the questions that crop up ... How much up front he paid to get the devoice? «Lankaweb, Dec 14»
7
Prince George's County home sales
Tobacco Trail Lane, 13119-Kelvin Devoice Turner to Brookfield Relocation Inc., $491,000. BRENTWOOD AREA. 40th Pl., 3711-Federal ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
8
IK Multimedia iRig Is Finally Available for Android (video)
Just plug that axe into a mobile devoice to track riffs while out and about and on the go. Use it with IK Multimedia's AmpliTube amplifier and ... «Gadget Review, Nov 14»
9
Energica Ego, Ferrari of bikers, set to hit the market next year
The devoice also tracks detailed sleep stages including REM, Light and Deep sleep, and even suggests tips to improve the sleep pattern. «Emirates 24/7, Nov 14»
10
Can you guess where people are from based on their accents?
“You're going to devoice your final consonants.” The paragraph—”five thick slabs of blue cheese” and all—has clearly struck a chord with some ... «Quartz, Sep 14»

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