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# acoustic

«acoustic» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with sound or hearing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (acoustic); noun (acoustics, plural — the sound qualities of a room; an acoustic — informal, an acoustic guitar)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Acoustic means to do with sound or hearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m1)

2) An acoustic musical instrument makes sound without electric power, like an ordinary guitar or piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m2)

3) Acoustic music is played on such instruments, not electric ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m3)

4) (plural noun) Acoustics are how well sound carries in a room or hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science (sound waves, echoes), music (acoustic guitar, an acoustic version of a song), and buildings (concert hall acoustics).

### examples

- She plays an acoustic guitar, not an electric one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x1)
- The band did an acoustic version of their hit song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x2)
- The hall has great acoustics, so everyone can hear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x3)
- Bats use acoustic signals to find food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x4)
- Acoustic panels on the wall stop echoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x5)
- We learned about acoustic waves in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x6)

### note

Pronounced a-KOO-stik. «Acoustics» (the qualities of a room) usually takes a plural verb: «The acoustics are good». As a science subject, «acoustics» is singular: «Acoustics is the study of sound».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «acoustic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.