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Voice   /vɔɪs/   Listen
Voice

noun
1.
The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.
2.
The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.  Synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, vox.  "The giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
3.
A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance.  "The incessant voices of the artillery"
4.
Expressing in coherent verbal form.  Synonym: articulation.  "I gave voice to my feelings"
5.
A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated.  "The Times is not the voice of New York" , "Conservatism has many voices"
6.
Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression.  "The voice of experience" , "He said his voices told him to do it"
7.
(metonymy) a singer.
8.
An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.  Synonyms: interpreter, representative, spokesperson.
9.
The ability to speak.
10.
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes.
11.
The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.  Synonym: part.
verb
(past & past part. voiced; pres. part. voicing)
1.
Give voice to.
2.
Utter with vibrating vocal chords.  Synonyms: sound, vocalise, vocalize.



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"Voice" Quotes from Famous Books



... rouse up now, sir?" said a familiar voice; but Frank, after his long and painful vigil, was unable to grasp the meaning of the ...
— In the Mahdi's Grasp • George Manville Fenn

... white-claying the Guard-house, this chef-d'Ĺ“uvre of Mourzuk architecture. The women alone do this work, and as their privilege. There are about thirty of them so occupied, under the command of a queen white-washer. They all tremble at the sound of her Majesty's voice. Sometimes she gives them a crack over the head with a bowl, to make them look sharp about them. The white-washers prepare the wash in the usual way, and then lade it out in small bowls, throwing a whole bowl at once at the walls, using no brush, ...
— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

... I may be forgiven for the still small voice of platitude—a platitude because nobody acts as if he believes it—the most effective advertising is advertising that is ...
— The Ghost in the White House • Gerald Stanley Lee

... author of the past that are found in unexpected places, or come to light through unlooked-for channels, have a special charm and flavor of their own. They seem to give out something peculiarly personal, like an echo from a voice that has long ...
— Three Unpublished Poems • Louisa M. Alcott

... midst of one of these impotent fits of malediction that the wainscot door was opened and closed softly, and light footsteps tiptoed to my bedside. I shut my eyes wilfully when a voice low and tender asked: "Are you awake, ...
— The Master of Appleby • Francis Lynde


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