--- title: V — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 14 description: The 307 words of the English dictionary under V, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / V # V — The English dictionary · page 14 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) … [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/16/) **visit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To visit means to go to see a person or a place for a while.[↗](../../visit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A visit is the time you spend there, or the trip itself.[↗](../../visit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To visit a website means to look at it on a screen.[↗](../../visit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A doctor or nurse who visits a sick person comes to their home to help.[↗](../../visit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She visits her grandma 3 times a month.[↗](../../visit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 120 people visited the museum on Monday.[↗](../../visit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each visit costs 5 dollars.[↗](../../visit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many visits in a year?[↗](../../visit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We paid a visit to our cousins in Ireland.[↗](../../visit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class visit to the zoo was great fun.[↗](../../visit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Visiting hours at the hospital end at eight.[↗](../../visit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Over a million people visit this website every week.[↗](../../visit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Now come and pay us a visit."[↗](../../visit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.[↗](../../visit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent Me.[↗](../../visit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; behold, Mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.'[↗](../../visit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.32.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.[↗](../../visit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.[↗](../../visit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.[↗](../../visit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **visitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A visitation is a visit, especially by someone important or by a god.[↗](../../visitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A visitation is a terrible event sent as a punishment, such as a plague.[↗](../../visitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heroes waited for the visitation of the goddess.[↗](../../visitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town suffered a terrible visitation of disease.[↗](../../visitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Achilles asked how to stop the visitation of the gods.[↗](../../visitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If these men die the common death of all men, and be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent Me.[↗](../../visitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.[↗](../../visitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish, (Prophets JER.51.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come, Israel shall know it.[↗](../../visitation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.9.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../visitation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **visitor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A visitor is a person who comes to see a person or a place for a while.[↗](../../visitor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A visitor to a website is a person who looks at it.[↗](../../visitor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have visitors coming for dinner tonight.[↗](../../visitor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · All visitors must report to the school office.[↗](../../visitor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo had 3,000 visitors on Saturday.[↗](../../visitor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Swallows are summer visitors to Britain.[↗](../../visitor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A visitor knocked at the door.[↗](../../visitor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum gives every visitor a map.[↗](../../visitor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class website had 50 visitors this week.[↗](../../visitor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then at last the visitor spoke, in a lovely bell-like voice.[↗](../../visitor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vista** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vista is a beautiful, wide view, especially a long one seen between hills, trees or buildings.[↗](../../vista/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A vista can also mean a range of future possibilities: «Reading opens new vistas.».[↗](../../vista/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* From the top of the hill we saw a wonderful vista of fields and rivers.[↗](../../vista/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The train passed through sweeping mountain vistas.[↗](../../vista/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The window framed a vista of the sea.[↗](../../vista/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to read opened up whole new vistas for Gran.[↗](../../vista/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The photographer captured the vista at sunset.[↗](../../vista/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The path ended at a vista over the lake.[↗](../../vista/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Halting at the entrance, they gazed through a long vista of lofty pillars, that were ranged from end to end of a great hall.[↗](../../vista/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **visual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) To do with seeing or sight.[↗](../../visual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A picture, chart or video used to show or explain something.[↗](../../visual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A diagram is a good visual aid for fractions.[↗](../../visual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had amazing visual effects.[↗](../../visual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people are visual learners and like pictures.[↗](../../visual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use visuals in your presentation.[↗](../../visual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls have very sharp visual senses at night.[↗](../../visual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A bar chart gives a visual picture of the data.[↗](../../visual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **visually** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that has to do with seeing or how something looks: the poster is visually striking.[↗](../../visually/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* By looking with your eyes: check the bike visually before you ride.[↗](../../visually/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Visually impaired: not able to see well or at all (a polite term).[↗](../../visually/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bar chart shows the data visually.[↗](../../visually/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was visually amazing but tasted of nothing.[↗](../../visually/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Visually check your helmet for cracks.[↗](../../visually/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A guide dog helps a visually impaired person cross the road.[↗](../../visually/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two triangles look visually the same, but measure them to be sure.[↗](../../visually/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is visually beautiful, with bright pictures.[↗](../../visually/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people learn best visually, with diagrams.[↗](../../visually/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vital** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely important or necessary; something you cannot do without.[↗](../../vital/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Needed to stay alive, like the heart, lungs and brain, which are "vital organs".[↗](../../vital/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Full of energy and life.[↗](../../vital/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water is vital for all living things.[↗](../../vital/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is vital that you wear a helmet when you ride a bike.[↗](../../vital/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The heart and lungs are vital organs.[↗](../../vital/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse checked his vital signs.[↗](../../vital/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees play a vital role in growing our food.[↗](../../vital/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper made a vital save in the last minute.[↗](../../vital/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sleep is vital for a growing brain.[↗](../../vital/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a bright and vital old lady who loved dancing.[↗](../../vital/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · tion of numbers and letters ; every letter suggesting a 'number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning.[↗](../../vital/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vital/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **vitality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vitality is great energy and life; being full of strength and spirit.[↗](../../vitality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy had boundless vitality.[↗](../../vitality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her vitality made everyone smile.[↗](../../vitality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new school shows the vitality of our town.[↗](../../vitality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitality from the vegetativeness.[↗](../../vitality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../vitality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **vitamin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vitamins are tiny natural substances in food that your body needs to stay healthy.[↗](../../vitamin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Each vitamin has a letter name, like vitamin A, B, C, D, E or K.[↗](../../vitamin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A vitamin can also mean a pill with vitamins in it.[↗](../../vitamin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Oranges are full of vitamin C.[↗](../../vitamin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrots have vitamin A, which is good for your eyes.[↗](../../vitamin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunshine helps your skin make vitamin D.[↗](../../vitamin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat lots of fruit and vegetables to get your vitamins.[↗](../../vitamin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors long ago got ill without vitamin C.[↗](../../vitamin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum takes a vitamin every morning.[↗](../../vitamin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat vitamin pills like sweets; they are medicine.[↗](../../vitamin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk and fish have vitamins and minerals.[↗](../../vitamin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vitreous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Like glass, or made of glass: hard, shiny and often see-through.[↗](../../vitreous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) The vitreous humour (or vitreous body) is the clear jelly that fills the inside of the eyeball.[↗](../../vitreous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vitreous humour is a clear jelly inside the eye.[↗](../../vitreous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Quartz has a vitreous shine, like glass.[↗](../../vitreous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The toilet is made of vitreous china.[↗](../../vitreous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Light passes through the vitreous jelly to reach the back of the eye.[↗](../../vitreous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old metal sign was coated in vitreous enamel.[↗](../../vitreous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rock had a vitreous look where lava had cooled quickly.[↗](../../vitreous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vivid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very bright and strong in colour.[↗](../../vivid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very clear and detailed, so that it seems real (a vivid dream, a vivid memory).[↗](../../vivid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Lively and full of ideas (a vivid imagination).[↗](../../vivid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The parrot had vivid green and red feathers.[↗](../../vivid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a vivid dream about flying.[↗](../../vivid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a vivid imagination.[↗](../../vivid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He vividly remembers his first day at school.[↗](../../vivid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use vivid words to describe the storm.[↗](../../vivid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunset was a vivid orange.[↗](../../vivid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The book gives a vivid picture of life at sea.[↗](../../vivid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now he could see glowing sparks, and vivid jets of flame.[↗](../../vivid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.[↗](../../vivid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../vivid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **vividly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vividly means very clearly and in a lively way, so you can almost see, feel or remember it: «I vividly remember my first day at school.».[↗](../../vividly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Vividly coloured means with very bright, strong colours.[↗](../../vividly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I vividly remember the day we got our puppy.[↗](../../vividly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The author describes the stormy sea vividly.[↗](../../vividly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Poison dart frogs are vividly coloured to warn birds.[↗](../../vividly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She vividly imagined the dragon flying over the school.[↗](../../vividly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parrot's feathers were vividly red and blue.[↗](../../vividly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad vividly told us about the big snow of his childhood.[↗](../../vividly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old woman died first; that day is still quite vividly before my eyes.[↗](../../vividly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vivify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To vivify is to bring to life or make lively and full of energy (rare, mostly in old tales).[↗](../../vivify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The healing water can vivify the dying hero.[↗](../../vivify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spring sun vivifies the garden.[↗](../../vivify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The story vivified the old castle for us.[↗](../../vivify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vixen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vixen is a female fox.[↗](../../vixen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old tales a vixen is a sly, cunning creature.[↗](../../vixen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vixen ran into the thicket with her cubs.[↗](../../vixen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hens were safe until the vixen came.[↗](../../vixen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Here I am," yapped the vixen.[↗](../../vixen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vizier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vizier was a high minister or adviser to a king or sultan in old Eastern lands.[↗](../../vizier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (in fairy tales) A vizier's son is a young man of noble birth at the king's court.[↗](../../vizier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king called for his vizier.[↗](../../vizier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vizier's son was brave and kind.[↗](../../vizier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Joy, joy!" exclaimed the vizier's son.[↗](../../vizier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vocabulary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vocabulary is all the words a person knows or uses.[↗](../../vocabulary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The vocabulary of a language or subject is all the words in it, or the special words used in it: maths vocabulary.[↗](../../vocabulary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A vocabulary can be a list of words with their meanings, used for learning, especially a foreign language.[↗](../../vocabulary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Reading lots of books helps you build your vocabulary.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our French vocabulary test is on Friday.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sum» and «product» are maths vocabulary.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a big vocabulary for her age.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the new science vocabulary at the back of the book.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby's vocabulary grows quickly.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Write each vocabulary word in a sentence.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../vocabulary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../vocabulary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../vocabulary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vocal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vocal means about the voice or using the voice.[↗](../../vocal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A vocal person speaks out strongly and often.[↗](../../vocal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Vocals are the singing parts of a song.[↗](../../vocal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Vocal can also mean making a sound, like a noisy river.[↗](../../vocal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your vocal cords make sounds.[↗](../../vocal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is very vocal about saving animals.[↗](../../vocal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He sang the lead vocals.[↗](../../vocal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir did vocal warm-ups.[↗](../../vocal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd was vocal in support.[↗](../../vocal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parrots are vocal birds.[↗](../../vocal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · From these vocal rivers we will now turn to that elementary force by which in winter they are often rendered mute.[↗](../../vocal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vocalisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vocalisation is a sound made with the voice, especially by an animal, like a bark, a howl, a song or a call.[↗](../../vocalisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Vocalisation is the act of making sounds with the voice or of singing.[↗](../../vocalisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (music) Vocalisation is singing a tune on vowel sounds without words.[↗](../../vocalisation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wolves use many vocalisations, like howls and growls.[↗](../../vocalisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists recorded the whale's vocalisations.[↗](../../vocalisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby's first vocalisations are coos and gurgles.[↗](../../vocalisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Birdsong is a kind of vocalisation.[↗](../../vocalisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer warmed up with vocalisation exercises.[↗](../../vocalisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **vocalist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vocalist is a singer, especially one who sings with a band or group.[↗](../../vocalist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is the lead vocalist in the school band.[↗](../../vocalist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The backing vocalists sang "ooh" behind him.[↗](../../vocalist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our guest vocalist sang a song in Welsh.[↗](../../vocalist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every band needs a strong vocalist.[↗](../../vocalist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vocalist warmed up her voice before the show.[↗](../../vocalist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He started as a drummer but became a vocalist.[↗](../../vocalist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vocalize** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To give a Hebrew word its vowel sounds, or to decide how it should be read aloud by adding vowels.[↗](../../vocalize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There exist alternative traditions where this term in the SY is vocalized instead as אַמּוֹת ammot 'cubits' or אֻמּוֹת ummot 'nations'.[↗](../../vocalize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../vocalize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It must be noted that the term אמות is vocalized and translated here as אִמּוֹת immot 'Mothers', based on the parallel אָבוֹת avot 'fathers' of SY 3:2 and 6:1.[↗](../../vocalize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../vocalize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **vocally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* By speaking out loudly and openly, so others clearly hear your opinion.[↗](../../vocally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Using the voice, especially in singing.[↗](../../vocally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The parents vocally opposed closing the playground.[↗](../../vocally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class vocally supported the idea of a longer break.[↗](../../vocally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans cheered vocally for their team.[↗](../../vocally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Vocally, this song is very hard to sing.[↗](../../vocally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is quiet in class but vocally strong in the choir.[↗](../../vocally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some neighbours complained vocally about the noise.[↗](../../vocally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) … [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/16/) - ← previous: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/13/) - next →: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/15/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)