voice

Plural: voices

Noun

• the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
  • "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
• the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
  • "a singer takes good care of his voice"
• a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
  • "the noisy voice of the waterfall"
  • "the incessant voices of the artillery"
• expressing in coherent verbal form
  • "I gave voice to my feelings"
• a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
  • "the voice of the law"
  • "the Times is not the voice of New York"
  • "conservatism has many voices"
• something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
  • "the wee small voice of conscience"
  • "the voice of experience"
  • "he said his voices told him to do it"
• (metonymy) a singer
  • "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
• an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
• the ability to speak
  • "he lost his voice"
• (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
• the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
• Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
• Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
• The tone or sound emitted by an object
• The faculty or power of utterance
• That which is communicated; message; meaning.
• An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
• Command; precept.
• One who speaks; a speaker.
• A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
• A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
• In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
• A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

Verb

Verb Forms: voiced, voicing, voices

• To express in words or articulate with the voice.
• give voice to
  • "He voiced his concern"
• utter with vibrating vocal chords
• To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
• To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
• To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
• To vote; to elect; to appoint
• To clamor; to cry out
• To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
• To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

Examples

• He voiced the sentiments of the nation.
• His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.
• She decided to voice her protest after her opponent challenged a valid word.
• Stop repeating in that stupid voice what I say.
• The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.
• The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
• The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.
• to cultivate the voice
• voice the pipes of an organ

Synonyms

articulation, interpreter, part, phonation, representative, sound, spokesperson, vocalisation, vocalise, vocalism, vocalization, vocalize, vox, diathesis, gender, grammatical voice, reard, say-so, steven, verbal voice, vote

Antonyms

devoice

Related Words

vocable, vocabulary, vocal, vocalization, vocalize, vocation