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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.
noun
In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants.
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noun
The input of text or data by means of a keyboard.
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noun
A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key
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verb
present participle and gerund of key
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
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