Meaning of "noise" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOISE

From Old French, from Latin: nausea.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NOISE

noise  [nɔɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOISE

Noise is a verb and can also act as 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.

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

See the conjugation of the verb noise in English.

WHAT DOES NOISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Noise

Noise means any unwanted sound. Noise is not necessarily random. Sounds, particularly loud ones, that disturb people or make it difficult to hear wanted sounds, are noise. For example, conversations of other people may be called noise by people not involved in any of them; any unwanted sound such as domesticated dogs barking, neighbours playing loud music, portable mechanical saws, road traffic sounds, or a distant aircraft in quiet countryside, is called noise. Acoustic noise can be anything from quiet but annoying to loud and harmful. At one extreme users of public transport sometimes complain about the faint and tinny sounds emanating from the headphones or earbuds of somebody listening to a portable audio player; at the other the sound of very loud music, a jet engine at close quarters, etc. can cause permanent irreversible hearing damage. Sound intensity follows an inverse square law with distance from the source; doubling the distance from a noise source reduces its intensity by a factor of four, or 6 dB.

Definition of noise in the English dictionary

The first definition of noise in the dictionary is a sound, esp one that is loud or disturbing. Other definition of noise is loud shouting; clamour; din. Noise is also undesired or irrelevant elements in a visual image.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NOISE

PRESENT

Present

I noise

you noise

he/she/it noises

we noise

you noise

they noise

Present continuous

I am noising

you are noising

he/she/it is noising

we are noising

you are noising

they are noising

Present perfect

I have noised

you have noised

he/she/it has noised

we have noised

you have noised

they have noised

Present perfect continuous

I have been noising

you have been noising

he/she/it has been noising

we have been noising

you have been noising

they have been noising

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 noised

you noised

he/she/it noised

we noised

you noised

they noised

Past continuous

I was noising

you were noising

he/she/it was noising

we were noising

you were noising

they were noising

Past perfect

I had noised

you had noised

he/she/it had noised

we had noised

you had noised

they had noised

Past perfect continuous

I had been noising

you had been noising

he/she/it had been noising

we had been noising

you had been noising

they had been noising

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will noise

you will noise

he/she/it will noise

we will noise

you will noise

they will noise

Future continuous

I will be noising

you will be noising

he/she/it will be noising

we will be noising

you will be noising

they will be noising

Future perfect

I will have noised

you will have noised

he/she/it will have noised

we will have noised

you will have noised

they will have noised

Future perfect continuous

I will have been noising

you will have been noising

he/she/it will have been noising

we will have been noising

you will have been noising

they will have been noising

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would noise

you would noise

he/she/it would noise

we would noise

you would noise

they would noise

Conditional continuous

I would be noising

you would be noising

he/she/it would be noising

we would be noising

you would be noising

they would be noising

Conditional perfect

I would have noise

you would have noise

he/she/it would have noise

we would have noise

you would have noise

they would have noise

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been noising

you would have been noising

he/she/it would have been noising

we would have been noising

you would have been noising

they would have been noising

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you noise
we let´s noise
you noise

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to noise

Past participle

noised

Present Participle

noising

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.

SYNONYMS OF «NOISE»

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

synonyms of noise

advertise · babble · blare · bruit · circulate · clamour · clatter · commotion · cry · din · fracas · gossip · hubbub · outcry · pandemonium · publicize · racket · repeat · report · row · rumour · rumpus · sound · talk · tumult · uproar

TRANSLATION OF NOISE

Find out the translation of noise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of noise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «noise» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 噪声
• Translator English - Spanish: ruido
• English: noise
• Translator English - Hindi: शोर
• Translator English - Arabic: ضَوضَاءٌ
• Translator English - Russian: шум
• Translator English - Portuguese: barulho
• Translator English - Bengali: গোলমাল
• Translator English - French: bruit
• Translator English - Malay: Bunyi bising
• Translator English - German: Lärm
• Translator English - Japanese: 騒音
• Translator English - Korean: 소음
• Translator English - Javanese: Gangguan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tiếng ồn
• Translator English - Tamil: சத்தம்
• Translator English - Marathi: आवाज
• Translator English - Turkish: gürültü
• Translator English - Italian: rumore
• Translator English - Polish: hałas
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шум
• Translator English - Romanian: zgomot
• Translator English - Greek: θόρυβος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: geraas
• Translator English - Swedish: oväsen
• Translator English - Norwegian: støy

10 QUOTES WITH «NOISE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word noise.

1

Red Adair

It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.

2

Kevin J. Anderson

Of course you don't make any noise in space, because there's no air.

3

Jean Arp

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.

4

Richard Baker

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

5

Maria Bartiromo

News is important information that may influence your investments. noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing a story clearly. News is useful. noise is a distraction. Calling what's noise and news after the fact is easy.

6

Jose Bergamin

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

7

Daisy Berkowitz

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

8

Daisy Berkowitz

There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, whereas others may just have guitar parts and samples.

9

James Buchanan

I like the noise of democracy.

10

Steve Burns

When I was a kid, my mom used to run the vacuum cleaner, and the noise would bother me so much that I would run into the woods to calm down. I feel like that vacuum cleaner has been on since I moved to New York City.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOISE»

Discover the use of noise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to noise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but ...

This is the “prediction paradox”: The more humility we have about our ability to make predictions, the more successful we can be in planning for the future.

Nate Silver, 2012

White Noise

This is the story of his absurd life; a life that is going well enough, until a chemical spill from a rail car releases an ‘Airborne Toxic Event’ and Jack is forced to confront his biggest fear – his own mortality.

Don DeLillo, 2011

Noise

Presents a scientific history of noise, defining it as an unaesthetic signal which occurs at every level of the universe and which has made significant impact on each period of time, from the Ice Age to the Information Age.

Bart Kosko, 2006

Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America

In Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America, Tricia Rose, described by the New York Times as a "hip hop theorist," takes a comprehensive look at the lyrics, music, cultures, themes, and styles of this highly rhythmic ...

Tricia Rose, 1994

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

The Rest Is Noise takes the reader inside the labyrinth of modern sound.

Alex Ross, 2007

Too Much Noise

Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests.

Ann McGovern, 1967

Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art

Background Noise sets out an historical overview, while at the same time shaping that history according to what sound art reveals - the dynamics of art to operate spatially, through media of reproduction and broadcast, and in relation to ...

Brandon LaBelle, 2006

Noise

A fast-paced comic extravaganza from the pen of the author of the runaway bestseller How Insensitive.

Russell Smith, 1998

Marine Mammals and Noise

This book discusses, among many other topics, just how well marine mammals hear, how noisy the oceans have become, and what effects these new sounds have on marine mammals.

Denis H. Thomson, 1995

Listening through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental ...

This book explores genres ranging from techno to electroacoustic music, from glitch to drone music, and from dub to drones, and maintains that culturally and historically informed aesthetic theory is not only possible but indispensable for ...

Joanna Demers, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term noise is used in the context of the following news items.

Midway noise complaints on the rise

Although Chicago's big airport operates the most flights and generates the most jet noise, complaints are climbing to record levels about loud, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»

Can you hear The Hum? Mystery noise keeps Exeter residents …

The woman, who has asked not to be named, has been kept awake by a strange machine noise - and has so far been unable to identify where ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»

Raleigh may ban left turns downtown to reduce noise on weekends

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Raleigh city leaders are proposing an interesting fix to late-night noise and congestion downtown: No left turns. «WNCN, Jul 15»

Japanese deer makes terrifying noise

Japanese deer makes terrifying noise. You've never heard an animal make a screaming noise like this before ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

City to do sound check on noise bylaw

Saskatoon's noise bylaw may soon get a retuning at the request of several city councillors. At a recent committee meeting, councillors called for ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»

Mildenhall Stadium noise row: Owners lose Supreme Court case

Richard Buxton, a solicitor representing the couple, said: "They said there was no indication when they moved in there would be a noise ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Residents sound off on rising noise

BY AMY RUSSO | For the residents of Downtown Manhattan, the steadily climbing level of noise has been a torturous and ongoing issue that ... «The Villager, Jul 15»

'Noise nightmare' for neighbours of new care complex in Hull's …

RESIDENTS say they are in a "noise nightmare" caused by work on a nearby development. A residential care complex, which will comprise of ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Windsor complains about concert noise in Detroit, Chene Park …

... Canada for any inconveniences a recent special event (the Ultimate White Party) may have had regarding excessive loud noise/ music that ... «WXYZ, Jul 15»

East Hampton appeals aircraft noise injunction

east-end-helicopter-noise-long-island11 After spending months creating ways to minimize noise pollution created by private helicopters, the ... «Suffolk Times, Jul 15»