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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
comparative form of key: more key
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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noun
One who, or that which, keys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A device for signalling by pressing keys or switches.
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noun
A device that replaces a fixed colour in the image with some other picture or background; chromakeyer.
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Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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History
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Old English cǣġ Middle English keye English key English -er English keyer From key + -er.
