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Meaning of 'voice' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Voice [ n.]
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
- Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
- The tone or sound emitted by anything.
- The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.
- Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
- Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
- Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- A particular mode 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.
2 . Voice [ v. i.]
- To clamor; to cry out.
3 . Voice [ v. t.]
- To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
- To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
- To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
- To vote; to elect; to appoint.

Meaning of 'voice' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . voice [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
Example in sentence:
  • A shrill voice sounded behind us
Meaning (2):
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Example in sentence:
  • a singer takes good care of his voice;
  • the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
Meaning (3):
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
Example in sentence:
  • conservatism has many voices;
  • the Times is not the voice of New York;
  • the voice of the law
Meaning (4):
- the ability to speak
Example in sentence:
  • he lost his voice
Meaning (5):
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
Example in sentence:
  • he said his voices told him to do it;
  • the voice of experience;
  • the wee small voice of conscience
Meaning (6):
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
Example in sentence:
  • he tried to sing the tenor part
Meaning (7):
- (metonymy) a singer
Example in sentence:
  • he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
Meaning (8):
- expressing in coherent verbal form
Example in sentence:
  • I gave voice to my feelings;
  • the articulation of my feelings
Meaning (9):
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Example in sentence:
  • the incessant voices of the artillery;
  • the noisy voice of the waterfall
Meaning (10):
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Example in sentence:
  • the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
11 . voice [ v]
Meaning (11):
- give voice to
Example in sentence:
  • He voiced his concern

Nearby Words:

voiced voiceful voiceless voicing void voidable voidance voided voider voiding

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