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# acoustic

adjective (acoustic); noun (acoustics, plural — the sound qualities of a room; an acoustic — informal, an acoustic guitar)

«acoustic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Acoustic means to do with sound or hearing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m1)
2. An acoustic musical instrument makes sound without electric power, like an ordinary guitar or piano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m2)
3. Acoustic music is played on such instruments, not electric ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m3)
4. (plural noun) Acoustics are how well sound carries in a room or hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used in science (sound waves, echoes), music (acoustic guitar, an acoustic version of a song), and buildings (concert hall acoustics).

### Examples

- She plays an acoustic guitar, not an electric one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x1)
- The band did an acoustic version of their hit song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x2)
- The hall has great acoustics, so everyone can hear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x3)
- Bats use acoustic signals to find food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x4)
- Acoustic panels on the wall stop echoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x5)
- We learned about acoustic waves in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced a-KOO-stik. «Acoustics» (the qualities of a room) usually takes a plural verb: «The acoustics are good». As a science subject, «acoustics» is singular: «Acoustics is the study of sound».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «acoustic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acoustic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«acoustic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/acoustic.html) on Mova free.