Vocalize (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), vo·cal·ized, vo·cal·iz·ing.
  1. to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
  2. to endow with a voice; cause to utter.
  3. Phonetics.
  4. (of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points.
verb (used without object), vo·cal·ized, vo·cal·iz·ing.
  1. to use the voice, as in speech or song.
  2. to sing without uttering words, especially to warm up the voice, practice vowel sounds, etc., before a performance.
  3. to sing scales, arpeggios, trills, or the like, usually to a solmization syllable or a vowel sound.
  4. to become changed into a vowel.
verb
  1. to express with or use the voice; articulate (a speech, song, etc)
  2. to make vocal or articulate
  3. (tr) phonetics
    • to articulate (a speech sound) with voice
    • to change (a consonant) into a vowel
  4. another word for vowelize
  5. to sing a melody on a vowel, etc
Vocalize (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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