What (who) is mute - definition
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Muted; Muting; Auto-mute; Mute (disambiguation); 🔇; Mute (film)
mute
(mutes, muting, muted)
1.
Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak.
He was mute, distant, and indifferent...
ADJ
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Mute is also an adverb.
He could watch her standing mute by the phone...
ADV: ADV after v
• mutely
I crouched by him and grasped his hand, mutely offering what comfort I could.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
Someone who is mute is unable to speak. (OLD-FASHIONED)
Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.
ADJ
3.
If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them.
The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
VERB: V n
• muted
The threat contrasted starkly with his administration's previous muted criticism...
ADJ
4.
If you mute a noise or sound, you lower its volume or make it less distinct.
They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive...
VERB: V n
• muted
'Yes,' he muttered, his voice so muted I hardly heard his reply...
ADJ
mute
a.
1.
Dumb, obmutescent, unable to speak, incapable of speech.
2.
Silent, speechless, still.
3.
Silent, unpronounced.
mute
adj. to stand mute ('to remain silent during an arraignment')
Wikipedia
Mute
Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak.
Mute or the Mute may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for mute
1. DUNCAN JONES: From "Mute," you should talk about "Mute."
Warcraft _ Duncan Jones, Paula Patton & Toby Kebbell _ Talks at Google
2. of this mute thing,
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3. >>Background voice: Mute. Success.
If You Can Read This - The Philosophy of Bumper Stickers _ Jack Bowen _ Talks at Google
4. You're on mute, Rob.
Pippa Evans _ Improv Your Life _ Talks at Google
5. You're on mute.
Conversations on Mindful Leadership from the Front Lines _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of mute
1. Every storyteller had a circle of mute spectators around.
2. Beatty also stood mute to seven of those charges.
3. As a mute partner, the document cannot even respond.
4. I went through this experience countless times in mute heroism.
5. He is usually mute – even when a crisis is boiling.