voice
Nouns
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(n) the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- A shrill voice sounded behind us
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(n) 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
- the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
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(n) a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the noisy voice of the waterfall
- the incessant voices of the artillery
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(n) expressing in coherent verbal form
- the articulation of my feelings
- I gave voice to my feelings
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) (metonymy) a singer
- he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
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(n) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
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(n) the ability to speak
- he lost his voice
- (n) (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
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(n) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- he tried to sing the tenor part
Verbs
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(v) give voice to
- He voiced his concern
- (v) utter with vibrating vocal chords vocalize, vocalise, sound,