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noise
noun(noise)
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
Synonyms: dissonance, racket,
Examples:
Modern music is just noise to me.
noise
noun(noise)
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Synonyms: disturbance, interference,
noise
noun(noise)
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
Synonyms: haphazardness, randomness, stochasticity,
noise
verb(noise)
emit a noise
Synonyms: make noise, resound,
noise
noun(noise)
a loud outcry of protest or complaint
Examples:
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.
noise
noun(noise)
incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
Examples:
All the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say.
noise
noun(noise)
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
Examples:
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.

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