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Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name.
Marlee Matlin

Meaning of "mute" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUTE

Muwet from Old French mu, from Latin mūtus silent.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUTE

mute  [mjuːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mute is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mute in English.

WHAT DOES MUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mute

Mute may refer to: ▪ Muteness, a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak ▪ Mute, a silent letter in phonology ▪ Mute, a 2005 short film by Melissa Joan Hart ▪ Mute a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures ▪ Mute, an online magazine of culture and politics ▪ Mute, a device used to alter the sound of a musical instrument ▪ Mute, a soup from Colombia ▪ Mute Records, a record label in the United Kingdom ▪ MUTE, a peer-to-peer file-sharing network ▪ Mute, a 2000 compilation album from Hush Records featuring several indie rock acts ▪ Muted, a 2003 album from hip hop artist Alias ▪ "Mute", an episode of The Twilight Zone ▪ "Mute", written by Stephen King...

Definition of mute in the English dictionary

The first definition of mute in the dictionary is not giving out sound or speech; silent. Other definition of mute is unable to speak; dumb. Mute is also unspoken or unexpressed.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MUTE

PRESENT

Present
I mute
you mute
he/she/it mutes
we mute
you mute
they mute
Present continuous
I am muting
you are muting
he/she/it is muting
we are muting
you are muting
they are muting
Present perfect
I have muted
you have muted
he/she/it has muted
we have muted
you have muted
they have muted
Present perfect continuous
I have been muting
you have been muting
he/she/it has been muting
we have been muting
you have been muting
they have been muting
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 muted
you muted
he/she/it muted
we muted
you muted
they muted
Past continuous
I was muting
you were muting
he/she/it was muting
we were muting
you were muting
they were muting
Past perfect
I had muted
you had muted
he/she/it had muted
we had muted
you had muted
they had muted
Past perfect continuous
I had been muting
you had been muting
he/she/it had been muting
we had been muting
you had been muting
they had been muting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mute
we let´s mute
you mute
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mute
Past participle
muted
Present Participle
muting
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 MUTE


acute
əˈkjuːt
attribute
əˈtrɪbjuːt
butte
bjuːt
commute
kəˈmjuːt
compute
kəmˈpjuːt
constitute
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt
contribute
kənˈtrɪbjuːt
cute
kjuːt
dispute
dɪˈspjuːt
distribute
dɪˈstrɪbjuːt
execute
ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt
hirsute
ˈhɜːsjuːt
institute
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːt
prostitute
ˈprɒstɪˌtjuːt
pursuit
pəˈsjuːt
repute
rɪˈpjuːt
statute
ˈstætjuːt
substitute
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːt
tribute
ˈtrɪbjuːt
ute
juːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUTE

mutation stop
mutational
mutationally
mutationist
mutatis mutandis
mutative
mutatory
Mutazilite
mutch
mutchkin
mute swan
muted
mutedly
mutely
muteness
mutessarif
mutessarifat
mutha
muti
muticate

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUTE

absolute
astute
autoroute
brute
bute
chute
dilute
en route
flute
jute
last-minute
lute
minute
parachute
prosecute
redistribute
route
salute
up to the minute
up-to-the-minute

Synonyms and antonyms of mute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mute» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mute

Translation of «mute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUTE

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

Translator English - Chinese

缄默的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mudo
570 millions of speakers

English

mute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

немой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মূক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

muet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bisu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stumm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無言の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bisu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

câm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊமையாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निःशब्द करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sessiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

muto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niemy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

німий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σίγαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mute
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mute
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mute

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUTE»

The term «mute» is very widely used and occupies the 9.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mute» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mute» 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 mute

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10 QUOTES WITH «MUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mute.
1
Adele
My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.
2
J. G. Ballard
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.
3
Tallulah Bankhead
I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
4
Bonnie Bassler
We've all been sick; we're all afraid of infection. I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
5
Bonnie Bassler
I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
6
Robert Browning
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.
7
Tove Jansson
Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.
8
James Earl Jones
When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound.
9
June Jordan
So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.
10
Marlee Matlin
Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUTE»

Discover the use of mute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Deaf Mute Howls
Albert Ballin's sharp observations in this remarkable book detail his experiences (and those of others) at a late 19th-century residential school for deaf students and his frustrations as an adult seeking acceptance in the majority hearing ...
Albert Ballin, 1930
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The Mute Immortals Speak: Pre-Islamic Poetry and the Poetics ...
Stetkevych offers the first aesthetics appropriate for the Bedouin oral poetry, the pre-Islamic qasidah, or ode, which was collected in the second or third Islamic century and stands as a foundation of Arabo-Islamic literary culture.
Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, 2010
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Mute Witnesses: Trace Evidence Analysis
This book is ideal for training, review, or general interest. * Real case studies show how trace evidence was used to help solve difficult cases * Written by top investigators from the FBI, crime labs, state police, etc. * Outlines how the ...
Max M. Houck, 2001
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Mute Speech: Literature, Critical Theory, and Politics
Through an original reinterpretation of German Romanticism and phenomenology, especially the work of its most prominent figures Kant and Hegel, and engaging with the thought of Germaine de Staël, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Blanchot, ...
Jacques Rancière, 2013
5
God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer
Here is a story of faith, hope and love beyond all understanding.
Pete Greig, 2011
6
The Deaf-Mute Boy
The Deaf-Mute Boy—equal parts travel story, love story, and a resonant confrontation with the Muslim world—is the tale of a gay American professor immersed in a North African society.
Joseph Geraci, 2006
7
Mute Magazine -
Quarterly, critical and cheap, Mute is a jumble of all that's still grunting in the inter-finessing hyper-barrios of culture, politics, and technology 2.0.
Mute, 2008
8
WHAT THE DEAF MUTE HEARD MOVIE TIE IN
Pretending since the age of ten that he is deaf and mute, Sammy Ayers overhears the secret words of a young preacher in 1966 that pique local uproar and worldwide interest
G. D. Gearino, 1997
9
Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures
Subject: Visible and invisible -- Apples and oranges -- Desire and loss -- The theater as a visual arrt -- Afterword "In this inspired book, Leonard Barkan traces the origins and transformations of the word-image conundrum in art and ...
Leonard Barkan, 2013
10
Trace Evidence Analysis: More Cases in Forensic Microscopy ...
The book contains nine entirely new cases, each self-contained in its own chapter, covering everything from homicides to accident reconstruction.
Max M. Houck, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mute is used in the context of the following news items.
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Don't be mute spectators: Kejriwal urges Delhi'ites
In a recent advertisement released by the Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urges people not to remain mute spectators, but ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Mute Markets: Traders Await Wipro, Gail India Earnings Results
Stock markets have opened timorously with the Sensex down 9.92 points at 28495.01, and the Nifty is down 5.20 points at 8628.30. Though the ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
3
Bollig stands mute on new charges
WaKEENEY — Scott Bollig stood mute Monday in Trego County District Court at his arraignment on conspiracy charges stemming from the ... «Hays Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Ulenga Mute On Reasons for Stepping Down
The founding president of the Congress of Democrats (CoD), Ben Ulenga, stepped down as party president on Saturday. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Clinton: Don't expect me to hit mute on women's issues
Presidential Politics. Clinton: Don't expect me to hit mute on women's issues. Five Democratic White House candidates speak in Cedar Rapids ... «Carroll Daily Times Herald, Jul 15»
6
'Bajrangi Bhaijaan's mute girl Munni very talkative in real life, reveals …
Child actor Harshaali Malhotra, who plays a mute girl in 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', is extremely talkative in real life, says her mother. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
7
Waterford lakefront owners weighing fate of 'aggressive' mute swan
State officials have stated the mute swan pushes out the native trumpeter swan, can be aggressive toward humans and destroys native plants. «The Oakland Press, Jul 15»
8
MN health care programs mute Medicaid expansion costs
MN health care programs mute Medicaid expansion costs. The budget implications of expanding Medicaid aren't hitting Minnesota as hard as ... «KARE, Jul 15»
9
Dasuki keeps mute over alleged felony plot
The former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki has refused to react to the allegations by the State Security Service (SSS) that he ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
10
Yahoo Livetext Combines Text And Mute Video But It's Not Yet …
Yahoo launched an odd iOS app called Livetext, allowing users to chat with friends by combining text with mute video. According to the app ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»

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