"unmute" meaning in English

See unmute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unmutes [present, singular, third-person], unmuting [participle, present], unmuted [participle, past], unmuted [past]
Etymology: From un- + mute. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|mute}} un- + mute Head templates: {{en-verb}} unmute (third-person singular simple present unmutes, present participle unmuting, simple past and past participle unmuted)
  1. (transitive) To restore the sound output (on a speaker or other audio device), having previously muted it. Tags: transitive Synonyms: unsilence Translations (to restore the sound output, having previously muted it): desilenciar (Galician), visszahangosít (Hungarian), némítást felold/megszüntet (Hungarian), hangot visszakapcsolja (Hungarian), dezmutear (Ladino), dessilenciar (Portuguese), desilenciar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To restore the sound output (on a speaker or other audio device), having previously muted it."
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
          "word": "desilenciar"
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        {
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          "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
          "word": "visszahangosít"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
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        },
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          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
          "word": "dezmutear"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
          "word": "dessilenciar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
          "word": "desilenciar"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "unmute"
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          "speaker",
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        "(transitive) To restore the sound output (on a speaker or other audio device), having previously muted it."
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "desilenciar"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "visszahangosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "némítást felold/megszüntet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "hangot visszakapcsolja"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "dezmutear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "dessilenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to restore the sound output, having previously muted it",
      "word": "desilenciar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unmute"
}

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