Rave — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played

an extravagantly enthusiastic review

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈeɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈeɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈeɪv/

1 syllable Say it as /ɹˈeɪv/.

Examples

raves are very popular in Berlin
he gave it a rave
She raved about that new restaurant

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

spout mouth off jabber gush rabbit on rant

Parts of Speech

noun	a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played “raves are very popular in Berlin”
noun	an extravagantly enthusiastic review “he gave it a rave”
verb	participate in an all-night techno dance party
verb	talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
verb	praise enthusiastically “She raved about that new restaurant”

Word Forms

rave	verb	participate in an all-night techno dance party
rave	noun	a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
raver	noun	a participant in a rave dancing party
rant	noun	pompous or pretentious talk or writing
ranter	noun	someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
ranting	noun	a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
jabberer	noun	someone whose talk is trivial drivel
jabbering	noun	rapid and indistinct speech
jabber	noun	rapid and indistinct speech
spouter	noun	an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
raving	noun	declaiming wildly
gush	noun	an unrestrained expression of emotion

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

delirio

una fiesta de baile que dura toda la noche y se reproduce música sintetizada electrónicamente

🇳🇱Dutch

raaskallen

een dansfeest dat de hele nacht duurt en er elektronisch gesynthetiseerde muziek wordt gespeeld

🇵🇹Portuguese

delírio

uma festa dançante que dura a noite toda e toca música sintetizada eletronicamente

🇷🇺Russian

бред

танцевальная вечеринка, которая длится всю ночь, и играет электронно-синтезированная музыка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पागल होना

एक नृत्य पार्टी जो पूरी रात चलती है और इलेक्ट्रॉनिक रूप से संश्लेषित संगीत बजाया जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বিদ্রুপ

একটি নাচের পার্টি যা সারা রাত চলে এবং ইলেকট্রনিকভাবে সংশ্লেষিত সঙ্গীত বাজানো হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

வெறித்தனமாக

ஒரு நடன விருந்து இரவு முழுவதும் நீடிக்கும் மற்றும் மின்னணு முறையில் ஒருங்கிணைக்கப்பட்ட இசை இசைக்கப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

రేవ్

ఒక డ్యాన్స్ పార్టీ రాత్రంతా ఉంటుంది మరియు ఎలక్ట్రానిక్‌గా సింథసైజ్ చేయబడిన సంగీతం ప్లే చేయబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

बडबड

एक नृत्य पार्टी जी रात्रभर चालते आणि इलेक्ट्रॉनिक पद्धतीने संश्लेषित संगीत वाजवले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

રેવ

એક ડાન્સ પાર્ટી જે આખી રાત ચાલે છે અને ઈલેક્ટ્રોનિકલી સિન્થેસાઇઝ્ડ મ્યુઝિક વગાડવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೇವ್

ರಾತ್ರಿಯಿಡೀ ನಡೆಯುವ ನೃತ್ಯ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಿದ್ಯುನ್ಮಾನವಾಗಿ ಸಂಯೋಜಿಸಿದ ಸಂಗೀತವನ್ನು ನುಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

റേവ്

രാത്രി മുഴുവനും നീണ്ടുനിൽക്കുന്ന ഒരു നൃത്ത വിരുന്ന് ഇലക്‌ട്രോണിക് സംശ്ലേഷണം ചെയ്ത സംഗീതം പ്ലേ ചെയ്യുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੌਲਾ

ਇੱਕ ਡਾਂਸ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਜੋ ਸਾਰੀ ਰਾਤ ਚਲਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰਾਨਿਕ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸਿੰਥੇਸਾਈਜ਼ਡ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਚਲਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بڑبڑانا

ایک ڈانس پارٹی جو رات بھر جاری رہتی ہے اور الیکٹرانک طور پر ترکیب شدہ موسیقی چلائی جاتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

狂欢

持续整夜的舞会，播放电子合成音乐

🇯🇵Japanese

絶賛

一晩中続き、電子的に合成された音楽が演奏されるダンスパーティー

🇰🇷Korean

날뛰다

밤새도록 지속되는 댄스 파티와 전자적으로 합성된 음악이 연주됩니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ca ngợi

một bữa tiệc khiêu vũ kéo dài suốt đêm và chơi nhạc tổng hợp điện tử

🇹🇭Thai

คลั่งไคล้

ปาร์ตี้เต้นรำที่กินเวลาตลอดทั้งคืนและมีการเล่นดนตรีสังเคราะห์ด้วยระบบอิเล็กทรอนิกส์

🇮🇩Indonesian

sambutan hangat

pesta dansa yang berlangsung sepanjang malam dan musik yang disintesis secara elektronik dimainkan

🇵🇭Filipino

magmagaling

isang dance party na tumatagal buong gabi at pinatugtog ang electronically synthesized music

🇲🇾Malay

mengamuk

pesta tarian yang berlangsung sepanjang malam dan muzik yang disintesis secara elektronik dimainkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الهذيان

يتم تشغيل حفلة رقص تستمر طوال الليل ويتم تشغيل الموسيقى المركبة إلكترونيًا

🇮🇷Persian

هیاهو

یک مهمانی رقص که تمام شب به طول می انجامد و موسیقی سنتز الکترونیکی پخش می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

çılgına dönmek

bütün gece süren ve elektronik olarak sentezlenmiş müzik çalınan bir dans partisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִשְׁתוֹלֵל

מסיבת ריקודים שנמשכת כל הלילה ומושמעת מוזיקה מסונתזת אלקטרונית

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