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verb · transitive · rare

de-ess

de-ess · de-esses · de-essed · de-essing

To reduce the loudness of sibilants in an audio recordingTo reduce the loudness of sibilants in an audio recording

Meaning

1 senses

To reduce the loudness of sibilants in an audio recording

Origin

From de- + ess (“letter S”).

From de- + ess (“letter S”).

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Forms

de-esses, de-essing, de-essed, de-essed

regular · Lesson

Base form	de-ess · to de-ess
3rd person singular	de-esses
Present participle	de-essing
Past simple	de-essed
Past participle	de-essed

Tenses

de-ess · de-essed · will de-ess · have de-essed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	de-ess
he, she, it	de-esses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have de-essed
he, she, it	has de-essed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will de-ess

Past simpleLesson

all persons

de-essed

Word family

1 related words

Derivedde-esser

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

dazzleB1 de deacon deactivate deadA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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