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silence English

Meaning silence meaning

What does silence mean?
Definitions in simple English

silence Noun

— Silence is when no noise is heard. The silence was strange, not even a bird could be heard. — A silence is a time when there is no noise. We had one minute of silence to remember the people who had died in the war.

silence Verb

— If you silence something, you stop it from making noise. — If you silence someone, you stop them from talking.

silence

— noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) there was a shocked silence he gestured for silence — noun (= quiet) the absence of sound he needed silence in order to sleep the street was quiet — noun a refusal to speak when expected his silence about my contribution was surprising — verb cause to be quiet or not talk Please silence the children in the church! — noun (= secrecy) the trait of keeping things secret — verb keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power

Synonyms silence synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as silence?

silence English » English

quiet stillness hush calm still quietness serenity reticence noiselessness muteness calmness secrecy quietude peace tranquility repose quieten peacefulness make silent hush up tranquillity taciturnity shut up mute muffle dumbness composure appease suppress squelch speechlessness silent secretiveness rest quell placidity pause make still lull be quiet allay without giving notice wait-and-see voicelessness uproar uncommunicativeness tranquil tacitness suppression stop

Topics silence topics

What do people use silence to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Quiet
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Say nothing
Person Life Die

Kill

Conjugation silence conjugation

How do you conjugate silence?

silence · verb

Examples silence examples

How do I use silence in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
When he finished speaking, there was a silence.
Silence is golden.
Tom and his uncle walked together in silence.
Silence in the court!
Are you afraid of silence?
There is silence.
Tom motioned for silence.
When he was asked why he had done that, he maintained a stony silence.
I like silence.
Silence gives consent.
I take it from your silence that you are not satisfied with my answer.
The chairperson ordered silence.
Except for Tom, the family was all watching TV in silence.
There followed a long silence.
That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.
A blanket of silence fell over everyone when they heard the disappointing announcement.
There was a silence.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
I interpreted your silence as consent.
All around is silence.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
I interpreted his silence as consent.
I interpreted their silence as consent.
I interpreted her silence as a refusal.

Movie subtitles

Silence, solitude, mystery.
Loneliness, sadness, silence flung across the years.
Days went by in a tormenting silence.
Everybody is to glue rubber to soles of his shoes in order to silence them. I order all to hobnail your boots.
Silence!
Silence.
No one's going to silence me!
Silence! I'll have you all locked up!
Now, we're going through with this in a dignified silence.
Edward J. Gallagher was put to death in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the crime of murder. What you do not know is that he committed the murder to silence scandal about me, which very likely would have cost my election to the governorship.
You, my dear, have the divine gift of silence.
Night after night, we dine together in silence.
A minute of silence for our Muslim brothers who died for France.
Three minutes of silence, gentlemen.
What a silence falls over the carnival!
And now, out of the silence of the night, hath brought two of thy lonely children together, and sent me a friend to be a light to mine eyes and a comfort in time of trouble.
Silence, Willoughby!
But my silence is all true and for you.
Silence, if you please.
SILENCE!
A vast, mysterious silence vibrant with life. strange cries in the night.
Then gargle in silence!
Silence! -Oh! Oh!
Silence, whippersnapper!
Your silence will be appreciated.
Silence! Or the court will be cleared! Silence!
The silence gives me the creeps.

News and current affairs

Eban's silence in the last years was not only a product of his disenchantment with Israeli politics or his failing health.
Their silence on Iraq reflected their apprehension about unwanted alternatives: either support the US plan and risk encouraging Kurdish moves toward an independent state, or oppose the Americans and jeopardize a critical strategic relationship.
This repression of liberal reformers passes unnoticed in the wider world, with America's silence particularly noticeable.
This silence is vital to the princes, for what the al-Saud care about most is US support.
As long as the Saudi regime meets America's oil needs and fights Islamist radicals, it will continue to receive US support and silence - and hence its tacit consent.
The EU's silence in the face of his arrest and imprisonment is shameful.
The defensiveness of Jews and the uneasy silence of their friends mean that the stage of public debate is open for those who actually are anti-Semitic, though they confine themselves to anti-Israel language.
But the Commission does have a voice with which to rally people, and it is for their silence that Barroso and his fellow commissioners are being rebuked.
In that case, the generalized silence could indicate that all other central banks entertain the possibility of using that option, which would be most worrisome.
Their silence was tantamount to consent.
Military action tends to silence internal opposition to the regime against which it is directed.
BEIJING - After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Korea's brinkmanship and suddenly roaring its disapproval of its ally's reckless threats.
In Ghana and in much of Africa, a culture of silence exists around same-sex love - a culture that many Westerners, raised on a belief in rights and openness - find unacceptable.
In sub-Saharan Africa, I am reminded of the saying that silence is golden.
The developed world's silence suggests that it takes the mistreatment of black and brown women by black and brown men for granted, rather than holding all people to one standard of justice.
Instead, all we have heard is an awkward, deafening, and breathtakingly hypocritical silence - or worse.
But the subsequent silence on democratization aggravated - though it certainly did not cause - the unraveling of the Arab reform process in the last few years.
On May 21, a brave woman named Manal al Sharif broke the silence and apathy, daring to defy the ban on women driving.
In such cases, silence may be wiser than speculation.
It is offering small beer, certainly not enough to buy the silence of business and public opinion.
The other key reason behind the world's silence is that the Sri Lankan government was relentless in banning independent observers - media, NGOs, or diplomats - from witnessing or reporting on its actions.
The EU's silence in the face of his arrest and imprisonment is shameful. For not just Ibrahim, but the values that the EU professes to uphold, have been on trial in Egypt, and they have been mocked by the Mubarak's regime idea of justice.
China's attacks have pushed Li, after almost three weeks of stony silence, to do something he had never done before: strike back.
Yet there has been near-silence on this choice.
The final pointer of the UK election may partly reflect the vacuum in national leadership that such silence epitomizes.

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