Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The absence of any sound.
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
Verbi
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
- (transitive) To repress the expression of something.
- (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
- (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
- (euphemistic) To murder.
Huudahdus
- (imperative) Be silent.
Esimerkit
- When the motor stopped, the silence was almost deafening.
- "You have the right to silence," said the police officer.
- Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
- The administration itself keeps a profound silence.
- During silence a message came to me that there was that of God in every person.
- Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?
- Silence the critics.
- Silence the doubters.
- A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs.
- Silence! Enough of your insolence!
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | silenced | Partisiipin perfekti | silenc'd |
| Imperfekti | silenced | Imperfekti | silenc'd |
| Partisiipin preesens | silencing | Monikko | silences |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | silences |