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Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world would sneer at us to recant.
Ann Voskamp

Meaning of "megaphone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEGAPHONE

megaphone  [ˈmɛɡəˌfəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEGAPHONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Megaphone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEGAPHONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

megaphone

Megaphone

A megaphone, speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, blowhorn, or loud hailer is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify a person’s voice or other sounds and direct it in a given direction. The sound is introduced into the narrow end of the megaphone, by holding it up to the face and speaking into it, and the sound waves radiate out the wide end. The megaphone increases the volume of sound by increasing the acoustic impedance seen by the vocal cords, matching the impedance of the vocal cords to the air, so that more sound power is radiated. It also serves to direct the sound waves in the direction the horn is pointing. It somewhat distorts the sound of the voice because the frequency response of the megaphone is greater at higher sound frequencies. Since the 1960s the voice-powered acoustic megaphone described above has been replaced by the electric megaphone, which uses electric power to amplify the voice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEGAPHONE


Anglophone
ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn
answerphone
ˈɑːnsəˌfəʊn
Dictaphone
ˈdɪktəˌfəʊn
earphone
ˈɪəˌfəʊn
gramophone
ˈɡræməˌfəʊn
homophone
ˈhɒməˌfəʊn
hydrophone
ˈhaɪdrəˌfəʊn
interphone
ˈɪntəˌfəʊn
lagerphone
ˈlɑːɡəˌfəʊn
mellophone
ˈmɛləˌfəʊn
microphone
ˈmaɪkrəˌfəʊn
saxophone
ˈsæksəˌfəʊn
sousaphone
ˈsuːzəˌfəʊn
speakerphone
ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn
stylophone
ˈstaɪləˌfəʊn
superphone
ˈsuːpəˌfəʊn
vibraphone
ˈvaɪbrəˌfəʊn
videophone
ˈvɪdɪəˌfəʊn
Vitaphone
ˈvaɪtəˌfəʊn
xylophone
ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEGAPHONE

megalomaniacal
megalopic
megalopolis
megalopolitan
megalops
megalosaur
megalosaurian
meganewton
megaparsec
megaphanerophyte
megaphonic
megaphonically
megaphyll
megapixel
megaplex
megapode
megaproject
Megara
megarad
megaron

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEGAPHONE

alto saxophone
camera phone
cameraphone
car phone
cell phone
cellphone
cellular phone
cellular telephone
Francophone
freephone
geophone
handphone
iPhone
mobile phone
payphone
Persephone
phone
radio microphone
smartphone
telephone
visiophone

Synonyms and antonyms of megaphone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «megaphone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEGAPHONE

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

Translator English - Chinese

扩音器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

megáfono
570 millions of speakers

English

megaphone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

megaphone
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكبر الصوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мегафон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

megafone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরবর্ধক বৃহৎ শিঙ্গা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porte-voix
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Megaphone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Megaphon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メガホン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

확성기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Megaphone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ống loa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेगाफोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

megafon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

megafono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

megafon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мегафон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

megafon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάφωνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

megafoon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

megafon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

megafon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of megaphone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGAPHONE»

The term «megaphone» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.222 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGAPHONE» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «MEGAPHONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word megaphone.
1
Mike DeWine
Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.
2
Robert Mankoff
There's public humor, and there's private humor, and they're all appropriate in their own way, and you shouldn't - just as you wouldn't have a megaphone and say certain things that you would say around your friends - things that are perfectly all right within your close social group with whom you share a certain context.
3
Jason Reitman
I don't consider myself bossy, but I do know what I want. You know, I have a gut feeling about a piece of material, but I've never envisioned myself as the director on top of the hill with a megaphone in my hand, screaming at 1,000 extras.
4
Ann Voskamp
Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness of God when Satan and all the world would sneer at us to recant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGAPHONE»

Discover the use of megaphone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to megaphone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Brain-Dead Megaphone
In this, his first collection of essays, Saunders trains his eye on the real world rather than the fictional and reveals it to be brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness.
George Saunders, 2012
2
A Megaphone: Some Enactments, Some Numbers, and Some Essays ...
Literary Nonfiction. Feminist Studies. Poetics. A MEGAPHONE collects a number of enactments that Juliana Spahr and Stephanie Young did between the years of 2005-2007.
Juliana Spahr, Stephanie Young, 2011
3
McKelvie's Megaphone History and Law
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Otis Albert McKelvie, 2010
4
The Magic Megaphone: How to Get Your Projects Unstuck and ...
The Magic Megaphone puts your daily activities into perspective. This book offers a great MegaPlan for ambitious folks seeking to get projects both personal and workplace projects unstuck.
Nick Montoya, Roger S. Peterson, 2006
5
Articles on Audio Amplifiers, Including: Audio Amplifier, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
6
Dog Soldiers
"We want you to cheer, gang," the man with the megaphone was saying. "Please don't groan or scream. If you want to scream, do it outside in the street." A boxing ring and its draped platform had been hauled to the wall opposite the occuped ...
Robert Stone, 1997
7
Edmonton in Our Own Words
PeteJamieson strolled through the downtown streets, shouting into his megaphone year ajter year. One evening, after the last car had pulled out of our yard, I counted up the day's receipts: $36! The total was staggering. I just couldn't believe it.
Linda Goyette, Carolina Jakeway Roemmich, 2005
8
The Council of Justice
To the gallows goes one of the four, a smile on his face. The second installment in the Four Just Men series established Edgar Wallace as one of the most dedicated and popular thriller writers of the early twentieth century.
Edgar Wallace, 2014
9
Social Skills, Emotional Growth and Drama Therapy: Inspiring ...
For the Director's Chair activity, the leaders turn on the show lights, set up a director's style folding chair facing the stage with a megaphone and a television remote (with batteries in it, so the red light turns on when the buttons are pushed)  ...
Lee R. Chasen, 2011
10
Megaphone Desktop Tool
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEGAPHONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term megaphone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thank you to Mondoweiss's growing community, spreading the word …
Four weeks ago tomorrow, we announced our midyear fundraising campaign, “Be The Mondoweiss Megaphone.” We set an ambitious goal of ... «Mondoweiss, Jul 15»
2
24Hr. Records: Songwriting With Strangers
At one point, while I was walking to the bathroom, I noticed Zachry manipulating his voice while screaming through a megaphone in one of the ... «American Songwriter, Jul 15»
3
Trump Could Bump GOP Veterans Off Debate Stage
Now some Republicans are worrying about denying the vets' voice while giving Trump his greatest megaphone yet. "I think most Republicans ... «WGCU News, Jul 15»
4
About 150 hold vigil for teen killed by officer
When police announced over a speaker that the protest was “over,” 19-year-old Jericka Robinson shouted back into a megaphone “this is a ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
5
Ohio man's family demands answers after campus cop shoots and …
“He didn't do nothing at all,” his nine-year-old son, also named Samuel, tearfully said into a megaphone during the event held in the Mount ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
6
Nov. 11 Veterans Walk Organizers Seek Input from Local Vietnam …
“I had no microphone, just a megaphone with which to introduce the town's combat veterans.” After the walk, Greenwich Police suggested that ... «Greenwich Free Press, Jul 15»
7
Fox's Atlanta-based 'Home Free' reality show gives away homes to …
... Home Edition,” which ran for nine seasons on ABC from 2003 to 2012 with former Atlantan Ty Pennington as the megaphone-wielding host. «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
8
10 So Bad They're Good Movies You Need To See Before You Die
During the filming of Batman and Robin and before each take, director Joel Schumacher would speak into his megaphone a phrase that would ... «Entertainment.ie, Jul 15»
9
Tipsheet: Ishikawa hurts Cards again
MEGAPHONE. "I think all independents should join a conference, as a general rule. I didn't say Notre Dame in particular -- everybody. «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
10
Bunbury siege victim relives ordeal: 'It seemed inevitable I was …
A female police negotiator spent hours talking to Mr Batty over a mobile phone and megaphone in an effort to get him to release his hostage. «WA today, Jul 15»

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