English dictionary
noise
nounPronunciation
nɔɪz
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
noun
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
noun
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
noun
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
noun
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
noun
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
verb
- emit a noise
Example sentences
all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say
modern music is just noise to me
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
he enjoyed the street noises
they heard indistinct noises of people talking
during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels