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silence

si·lence
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahy-luh ns]
    • /ˈsaɪ ləns/
    • /ˈsaɪləns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sahy-luh ns]
    • /ˈsaɪ ləns/

Definitions of silence word

  • noun silence absence of any sound or noise; stillness. 1
  • noun silence the state or fact of being silent; muteness. 1
  • noun silence absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft. 1
  • noun silence the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence. 1
  • noun silence concealment; secrecy. 1
  • verb with object silence to put or bring to silence; still. 1

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Origin of silence

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English (noun) < Old French < Latin silentium. See silent, -ence

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Silence

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

silence popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

silence usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for silence

verb silence

  • balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
  • beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
  • bemean — to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
  • burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
  • burked — to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.

noun silence

  • clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
  • confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
  • death — Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
  • decease — death

adj silence

  • husher — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.

Antonyms for silence

noun silence

  • acclamation — Acclamation is a noisy or enthusiastic expression of approval for someone or something.
  • acoustics — the scientific study of sound and sound waves
  • adjuration — a solemn charge or command
  • allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
  • allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.

verb silence

  • bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
  • call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
  • drone — Music. a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. the pipes (especially of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
  • give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.

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