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Meaning of 'noise' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Noise [ n.]
- Sound of any kind.
- Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
- Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.
- Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
2 . Noise [ v. i.]
- To sound; to make a noise.
3 . Noise [ v. t.]
- To spread by rumor or report.
- To disturb with noise.

Meaning of 'noise' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . noise [ n]
Meaning (1):
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
Example in sentence:
  • all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say
Meaning (2):
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
Example in sentence:
  • during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels;
  • he enjoyed the street noises;
  • they heard indistinct noises of people talking
Meaning (3):
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
Example in sentence:
  • modern music is just noise to me
Meaning (4):
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
Example in sentence:
  • the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise;
  • whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could

Nearby Words:

noiance noie noier noils noint noious noised noiseful noiseless noisette

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