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# muted

adjective (muted); verb past form of mute (mute, mutes, muted, muting)

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

## Everyday

1. Quiet and soft, not loud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#m1)
2. (of colours) Soft and not bright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#m2)
3. (of feelings or reactions) Not strong; held back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#m3)
4. (computing) With the sound turned off, as on a video call or phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday and online-lesson life, you are muted when your microphone is off ("you're on mute!"). In art, muted colours are soft greys, browns and pale shades. In news, a muted reaction means people were not very excited. Phrases: on mute, muted colours, muted response.

### Examples

- You're muted, so we can't hear you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#x1)
- The teacher muted everyone during the video call. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#x2)
- The room was painted in muted greens and greys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#x3)
- The trumpet sounded muted with the cup in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#x4)
- The news got a muted reaction from the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#x5)
- I muted the TV during the adverts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muted/#x6)

### Note

Past form of mute (to turn off sound). Mute as an adjective once described people who could not speak; today that is seen as rude, so say non-speaking instead.

## On Mova

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