Betekenis van mute In het Nederlands

• 0 silent or not speaking:

  • The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.

  • I gazed at her in mute admiration.

• 1 a device for changing the sound of a musical instrument, usually making it quieter:

  • He was playing his trumpet with a mute.

  • I pressed the mute on my phone so she couldn't hear the people talking in the background.

  • He was watching TV with the mute button on.

• 2 If you mute a noise, or a device making a noise, you make it less loud or not able to be heard at all:

  • Heavy curtains muted the noise of the traffic.

  • She muted the TV so she could hear what he was saying.

  • Don't forget to mute your microphone when another person on the call is speaking.

  • Automatically mute participants as they join the meeting, and allow participants to unmute themselves if they want to speak to others in the meeting.

  • The song features muted trumpets.

  • Instagram now lets you mute your friends.

• 3 (of a person) completely unable or unwilling to speak, or (of a place, object, or activity) silent:

  • He stood mute before the judge.

  • The decay of Dawson City bore mute testimony to the end of the gold rush era.