Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an utterance made by exhaling audibly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sigh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utterance, vocalization
History
Learned borrowing from Latin suspīrātiō, suspīrātiōnem (“sighing”).
