microphone
noun/ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn/
/ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn/
(also informal mic, mike)
- a device that is used for recording sounds or for making your voice louder when you are speaking or singing to an audience
- to speak into the microphone
- Their remarks were picked up by the hidden microphones.
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb2- Interviewees are placed in front of the microphone and grilled.
- There's a place to plug in an external microphone.
- Unfortunately we were near an open microphone and all his colleagues heard what we said.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- boom
- cordless
- headset
- …
- speak into
- use
- check
- …
- pick something up
- record something
- amplify something
- …
- input
- jack
- stand
- …
- behind a/the microphone
- in front of a/the microphone
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