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How to pronounce “mute”

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Pronunciation guide for mute

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of mute with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppressionFirstly, we get to choose which songs we want to mute
Definition summary: Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]

Example 1 of 8

Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression

Firstly, we get to choose which songs we want to mute

[Adjective]
Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
[Noun]
(phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th–19th c.]
A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. [from 18th c.]
(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. [from 18th c.]
An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
A mute swan.
[Verb]
(transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
(transitive) To turn off the sound of.

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