voice
Other forms: voices; voiced; voicing
Literally, your voice is the sound coming out of your mouth. Metaphorically, voice can also mean the way people express themselves.
People have high voices, low voices, quiet voices, and loud voices — but the concept of voice goes well beyond people talking or singing. Writers talk about finding their voice, which means they've developed a unique identity or style. A lawyer can be your voice in court, where he can speak to the judge about your concerns. If you are shut out of some process, then you have no voice in that process.
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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”synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voxtypes:singing voicethe musical quality of the voice while singingvoice overthe voice on an unseen commentator in a film or television programsopranothe highest female voice; the voice of a boy before pubertytype of:communicationsomething that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
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the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech“A shrill voice sounded behind us”types:androglossiaa woman's voice with male qualitiestype of:soundthe particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
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the ability to speak“he lost his voice”types:lung-powerthe ability to speak loudlytype of:physical abilitythe ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability
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a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance“the noisy voice of the waterfall”“the incessant voices of the artillery”type of:soundthe sudden occurrence of an audible event
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the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic musicsynonyms: parttypes:primothe principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet)secondothe second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet)voice parta part written for a singeraccompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment, supporta musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical partscantothe highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral musicvampan improvised musical accompanimentground bassa short melody in the bass that is constantly repeatedbasso continuo, continuo, figured bass, thorough bassa bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be playedtype of:air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tunea succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
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utter with vibrating vocal chords
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a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
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the distinctive way a writer uses language to express their personality and ideastype of:expressive style, stylea way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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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”type of:communicationsomething that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
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expressing in coherent verbal form“I gave voice to my feelings”synonyms: articulationtype of:expression, verbal expression, verbalismthe communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
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give voice to“He voiced his concern”type of:express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalizearticulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
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an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purposesynonyms: interpreter, representative, spokespersontypes:ambassadoran informal representativeflack, flack catcher, flak, flak catchera slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employerspokesmana male spokespersonspokeswomana female spokespersonbagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesmana salesman who travels to call on customerstallymanone who sells goods on the installment plan
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(metonymy) a singer
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(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotestypes:active, active voicethe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verbpassive, passive voicethe voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verbtype of:grammatical relationa linguistic relation established by grammar
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