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# vocal

«vocal» in Mova's school dictionary: **about the voice or using the voice** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (vocal, more vocal); noun (vocals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Vocal means about the voice or using the voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#m1)

2) A vocal person speaks out strongly and often. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#m2)

3) Vocals are the singing parts of a song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#m3)

4) Vocal can also mean making a sound, like a noisy river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, vocals are singing. In science, vocal cords make your voice. In news, vocal people speak out. Phrases: vocal cords, vocal about, lead vocals.

### examples

- Your vocal cords make sounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x1)
- She is very vocal about saving animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x2)
- He sang the lead vocals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x3)
- The choir did vocal warm-ups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x4)
- The crowd was vocal in support. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x5)
- Parrots are vocal birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x6)
- From these vocal rivers we will now turn to that elementary force by which in winter they are often rendered mute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocal/#x7)

### note

Adjective; noun usually plural (vocals). Spelled «vocal cords», not «chords».

### In the corpora

- [Every sound starts with something wobbling very fast: a guitar string, a drum skin, or the vocal cords in your throat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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