Subvocalise (Verb)
Meaning
Articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She silently read through the poem, her lips slightly moving as she subvocalized each word.
- As he studied for his exam, he subvocalized the key terms to help him remember them better.
- In an attempt to focus, she began to subvocalize the instructions given by her yoga instructor.
- The novelist subvocalized the dialogue as she wrote, imagining how her characters would speak.
- To memorize her lines for the play, the actress subvocalized them repeatedly throughout the day.