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The correct spelling is mute.
How to pronounce mute
/mjuːt/
nounIPA: /mjuːt/
Say it like: Mut-e
The correct spelling is mute. A stopped consonant; a stop. For example: "Please mute the music while I make a call."
Usage Examples
“Please mute the music while I make a call.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A stopped consonant; a stop.
- 2.An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
- 3.A person who does not have the power of speech.
- 4.A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- 5.An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
verb
- 1.To silence, to make quiet.
- 2.To turn off the sound of.
- 3.Of a bird: to defecate.
- 4.To cast off; to moult.
adjective
- 1.Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- 2.Silent; not making a sound.
- 3.Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- 4.Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
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