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Business English vocabulary · Phone and Video Calls

Mute

Meaning in business english, with examples

/mjuːt/verbCore term

In business english, mute means: To switch off your own microphone, or someone else's, on a call so that the others cannot hear any sound from it.

In Turkish: mikrofonu kapatmak, sesi kapatmak, sessize almak

How it is used

Heard in almost every video call: 'You're on mute', 'Can everyone mute, please?', 'I'll unmute when it's my turn.' Also used as 'on mute' and 'muted'.

Example sentences

  1. Sorry, I think you're on mute. We can't hear you.

  2. Please mute your microphone when you're not speaking.

Common collocations

  • on mute
  • mute yourself
  • mute your microphone
  • unmute
  • mute notifications
  • conference callA phone or online call in which three or more people in different places talk together at the same time.
  • share your screenTo let the other people on a video call see what is on your computer screen, such as slides, a document or an application.
  • speak upTo speak more loudly so that others can hear you; also, to say openly what you think, especially about a problem.
  • break upOn a phone or video call, to sound unclear or cut in and out because of a weak signal or a poor internet connection.

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