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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
vocal
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an outspoken/vocal opponent (=one who publicly expresses disagreement with something)
▪ He was a vocal opponent of closer relations with the United States.
soulful voice/vocals/melody etc
▪ his powerful, soulful voice
vocal cords
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
increasingly
▪ Mr Berisha has more trouble with the party's increasingly vocal nationalist faction.
▪ An increasingly vocal group of critics sees a deep menace, for example, in the Internet.
▪ Rodionov, appointed last July, has been increasingly vocal in his complaints about lack of money for the army.
■ NOUN
chord
▪ The oscilloscope graph of both voices was flattened in the lower register: tension was restricting the movement of their vocal chords.
▪ The vocal chords are also less flexible, so that our voices change.
▪ But they possess no vocal chords as man and other mammals do.
▪ Humanoid bipeds shaped their vocal chords to reproduce the noises they heard about them.
▪ The Lead Vocalist, who had just reconnected his vocal chords, disconnected them again.
▪ The plaintiff claimed damage to the vocal chords as a result of the operation.
▪ Terror had dried and paralysed his vocal chords.
▪ Match your vocal chords to the best singing bird in the world, the Water Slagger.
cord
▪ In addition to the ordinary vocal cords, the cat possesses a second pair of structures called vestibular folds, or false vocal cords.
▪ Those corn-rows are murder on the vocal cords.
▪ When sounds are unvoiced, the vocal cords are relaxed to allow the air a completely free passage.
▪ Not surprising in that it no longer possessed vocal cords.
▪ No vibration is caused by the vocal cords because they are not being put into action.
▪ With an effort, she made them part, and then her vocal cords let her down by refusing to work.
▪ The false vocal cord theory is the most obvious and the simplest.
▪ It explains the otherwise puzzling presence of the second, or false, pair of vocal cords.
critic
▪ The priest, Gleb Yakunin, long has been a vocal critic and irritant to secular as well as religious authorities.
▪ Sun is campaigning against Microsoft Corp., a vocal critic of the standards plan.
group
▪ The guy doesn't know the difference between a band and a vocal group.
▪ An increasingly vocal group of critics sees a deep menace, for example, in the Internet.
▪ Hawkins' popular gospel-beat vocal group was called Selah.
▪ As a pianist and vocalist, he organized a band backed by a female vocal group, the Rhythm Debs.
harmony
▪ Anderson shares the bill with Justina &038; Joyce, famed for their lush vocal harmonies accompanied by guitar and lap dulcimer.
▪ Decades later, its winning vocal harmonies and spirited musical style still has a palpable impact.
music
▪ Already about 1580, when Marenzio was bringing out his earliest madrigals, secular vocal music had entered a period of crisis.
▪ But vocal music gave way to instrumental music, especially with the development of bow instruments.
▪ Finally, we would stress that in vocal music we should concentrate on creating musical values.
▪ We have already discussed the possibilities under vocal music, and it would be useless to repeat the arguments.
▪ So the success of vocal music lies largely in its melodic and harmonic qualities, coupled with a convincing musical form.
opponent
▪ Many are vocal opponents of liberalised international markets in general.
▪ Fife Symington has been a vocal opponent of a Proposition 187 movement in Arizona.
▪ Switchboard became a vocal opponent of the tactics, providing material for parliamentary and media attacks upon the practices.
▪ Has Visa International -- one of the most vocal opponents of so-called ambush marketing -- ended up ambushing itself?
▪ As his more vocal opponents began to demand his resignation, Wahid insisted he still had Megawati's support.
range
▪ But Agnes's vocal range could melt earwax at the top of the scale.
▪ His vocal range is amazing, and used to convey unforgettable melodies that sound a lot simpler than they are.
style
▪ Union Sundown appear to share their guitars and their squeaky vocal style but their songs are longer and have a grittier tone.
▪ Korb is blessed with a sunny vocal style, her phrasing both easygoing and all her own.
▪ It's very important to preserve the original vocal style.
▪ Start with front man Pauly Fuemana, a New Zealander whose vocal style is almost as difficult to place as his accent.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a vocal critic of the government
▪ The band's stunning vocal harmonies have earned them a big name in the States.
▪ the Beach Boys and other early '60s teen vocal groups
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Consequently rational members of organizations are more likely to stay loyal and inactive than to be vocal participants.
▪ For one thing, it has never been shown that the carrying out of group tasks requires a vocal language.
▪ He was always the most vocal in the late-night discussions about how the war should be fought.
▪ Sun is campaigning against Microsoft Corp., a vocal critic of the standards plan.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
backing
▪ And she was even doing some of the backing vocals.
▪ There are verses and choruses and chick backing vocals and a big Chris Hughes production to give it that radio-friendly oomph.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Check his scorched-earth vocals for the sound of self-doubt.
▪ He even adds his Armstrong-based vocals to a couple of tunes.
▪ None of those wimpy washed-out vocals for Our Tom.
▪ Sandie's vocals, clear as crystal, slipped joyfully into her Morrissey role.
▪ Tina Wilkinson's striking vocals dart over the aggressive and exuberant title track with charismatic panache.
▪ We did a few vocals and overdubs and eventually the album was mixed bar one track, which he did somewhere else.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vocal

Vocal \Vo"cal\ (v[=o]"kal), a. [L. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F. vocal. See Voice, and cf. Vowel.]

  1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

    To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song.
    --Milton.

  2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer. ``Vocal worship.''
    --Milton.

  3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds.

  4. (Phon.) (a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 199-202. (b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel. Vocal cords or Vocal chords. n. pl. (Anat.) The two pairs of mucous membranes that project into the larynx, and which produce the sounds of speech by vibrating under the influence of air exhaled from the lungs. See Larynx, and the Note under Voice, n.,

    1. Vocal fremitus [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring] (Med.), the perceptible vibration of the chest wall, produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations during the act of using the voice.

      Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be performed by the human voice.

      Vocal tube (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth.

Vocal

Vocal \Vo"cal\ (v[=o]"kal), n. [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]

  1. (Phon.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.

  2. (R. C. Ch.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
vocal

late 14c., "spoken, oral," from Old French vocal (13c.), from Latin vocalis "sounding, sonorous, speaking," as a noun, "a vowel," from vox (genitive vocis) "voice" (see voice (n.)). In reference to music (as opposed to instrumental), first recorded 1580s; meaning "outspoken" first attested 1871. Vocal cords is from 1872; see cord.

Wiktionary
vocal

a. 1 Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices 2 Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, '''vocal''' melody; '''vocal''' prayer, '''vocal''' worship. 3 Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds 4 (context phonetics English) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as ''v'', ''l'', etc., or by both, as in the nasals (g: m), (g: n), ''ng''; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel 5 (context phonetics English) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel 6 loud; getting oneself heard. n. 1 (context phonetics English) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a '''subvocal''', and a '''nonvocal''' 2 (context Roman Catholic Church English) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

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WordNet
vocal

  1. adj. relating to or designed for or using the singing voice; "vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant: instrumental]

  2. having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"

  3. using the voice in song; "vocal music" [syn: sung]

  4. given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly" [syn: outspoken]

  5. using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" [syn: spoken]

  6. full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"

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Wikipedia
Vocal (Pet Shop Boys song)

"Vocal" is the second single from the Pet Shop Boys album Electric, released on 3 June 2013.

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Usage examples of "vocal".

And in the Fifth Symphony, one of those in which he called for no vocal performers, he nevertheless managed to vary and expand the conventional suite by preceding the first allegro with a march, and separating and relieving the gargantuan scherzo and rondo with an adagietto for strings alone.

Each arytenoid is movable on the cricoid and is connected with one end of a vocal cord.

Finally Jaimie went back to her room to locate MacCarron, while Becker wandered into the bar, where the huge holographic screen was showing a boxing match between two quick little featherweights, one from Zimbabwe and one from Pakistan, both with their fervent and very vocal rooting sections.

There were two Old Bloods, a man calling himself Boyo and a woman using the name Silvereye, who were particularly vocal.

A raven swung upside down on a whalebone perch, making the soft chuffing noises of a bird whose vocal cords had felt the heat of a throat-iron upon hatching.

One of the most vocal advocates for deregulation was Enron--a major contributor to the Republican party, and George W Bush in particular.

Since that time it has been given almost every year in Leipsic, and more or less frequently in all the musical centers of the world, but its elaboration is very great and its vocal treatment unsatisfactory to solo voices, for which reason it succeeds only under the inspiration of an artistic and enthusiastic leader.

Plastic surgery to feminize the face, vocal cord surgery to raise the pitch of the voice, silicone implants into the cheeks, and the tattooing of eyeliner and lipliner onto the face are among the procedures transsexuals undergo that CDs almost never undertake.

Basically a giant Gelada baboon, with material from certain breeds of dog, from the hunting cats, and from human stock for intelligence, vocal cords, and a fully opposable thumb.

She was then kind enough to say that she had never seen me at the Courtag, which was a vocal and instrumental concert given at the palace, and open to all.

The hypnotic buzz, which issued from the diaphragmic vocal organs of the plants, soothed and soothed and soothed, until Kaw felt very relaxed.

As one of the first of vocal artists, whose voice was superbly trained and was preserved to the end of his life, I have had to pay to Wachtel the tribute of the most complete admiration and recognition, in contrast to many others who thought themselves greater than he, and yet were not worthy to unloose the latchet of his shoes.

Then twenty-two years ago, after nearly twenty years of ill-tempered confrontation with his fellow theorists, he had, with characteristic abruptness, resigned from his position at Cambridge and retreated to Launde Abbey to pursue his theories without carping interference from lesser minds, his brilliance and loud vocal intolerance of the dry, crusty world endemic to academia creating a media legend of Bohemian eccentricity in the process.

Thus an essential step in human evolution must have been the transfer of control of vocal language from the limbic system to the temporal lobes of the neocortex, a transition from instinctual to learned communication.

He recorded it first with himself singing at the piano, then overdubbed a double-tracked vocal, maracas, then drums and finally the bass line.