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voice Definition

voice (vo̵is)

noun

  1. sound made through the mouth, esp. by human beings in talking, singing, etc.
  2. the ability to make sounds orally or to speak, sing, etc. to lose one's voice
    1. any sound regarded as like vocal utterance the voice of the sea
    2. anything regarded as like vocal utterance in communicating to the mind the voice of one's conscience
  4. a specified condition, quality, or tone of vocal sound an angry voice
  5. the characteristic speech sounds normally made by a particular person to recognize someone's voice over the phone
    1. an expressed wish, choice, opinion, etc. the voice of the people
    2. the right to express one's wish, choice, opinion, etc., or to make it prevail; vote to have a voice in one's government
  7. utterance or expression giving voice to his joy
  8. the person or other agency by which something is expressed or made known a newspaper known to be the voice of the administration
  9. Gram.
    1. a characteristic of verbs, expressed in some languages by inflection, indicating the relation of the subject to the action of the verb either as agent (active voice), recipient (passive voice), or both, as in reflexives (middle voice); also, an analytic category based on this characteristic
    2. any of the forms a verb takes to indicate this characteristic
  10. Music
    1. musical sound made with the mouth; singing
    2. the quality of a particular person's singing a good voice
    3. a singer
    4. any of the individual parts sung or played together in a musical composition
  11. Phonet. sound made by vibration of the vocal cords with air forced from the lungs, as in the articulation of all vowels and such consonants as (b), (d), (g), and (m)

Etymology: ME < OFr vois < L vox (gen. vocis), a voice < IE base *wekw-, to speak > Sans vákti, (he) speaks, Gr ossa, ōps, voice, OE woma, noise

transitive verb voiced, voic′·ing

  1. to give utterance or expression to; utter or express in words
  2. Music
    1. to regulate the tone of (organ pipes, etc.)
    2. to arrange (notes of a chord) or distribute notes to (instruments) so as to achieve a particular harmonic sound
  3. Phonet. to utter with voice

voice Related Forms

voic′er noun

voice Idioms

in voice

with the voice in good condition, as for singing

with one voice

unanimously

voice Synonyms

voice

n.

  1. A vocal sound

    speech, sound, call, cry, utterance, tongue, whistle, moan, groan, song, yell, hail, howl, yowl, bark, whine, whimper, mutter, murmur, shout, bleat, bray, neigh, whinny, roar, trumpet, cluck, honk, meow, hiss, quack; see also noise 1.

    Antonyms silence*, dumbness, deaf-mutism.

  2. Approval or opinion

    decision, wish, view; see choice 1, opinion 1.

with one voice

all together, by unanimous vote, without dissent; see unanimously.

voice Synonyms

voice

v.

assert, cry, sound, utter; see talk 1, tell 1. See syn. study at utter.

voice Telecom Definition

Sounds made through the mouth by humans while talking, singing, or otherwise audibly communicating through the use of vocal organs. Although human voice frequencies mostly fall in the range of 100

voice Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hear: Scott could hear strange voices coming from rooms nearby.
  • converge: The UK's medium-sized enterprises are moving surprisingly rapidly to fully converged voice and data networks.

Adjective modifier

  • loud: Many shouted, others wept with a loud voice.
  • authoritative: The Learning Partnerships have also been charged with the role of being the " authoritative voice of the learner " .
  • distinctive: How on earth did he explain the distinctive voice that seemed to be present in even his early work?
  • collective: PPI Forums want a collective voice in the current consultation, it should not be just up to individuals to comment in isolation.
  • lone: Thankfully, there's one lone voice of reason left from the IT revolutionaries.
  • powerful: His heart filled emotion and powerful voice can cause heart palpitations.

Modifies a noun

  • recorder: Wireless on/off and voice recorder buttons are located on the side of the device, along with a handy locking switch.
  • mail: He had set up his voice mail to page him whenever he received a new message.
  • recognition: Voice recognition enables you to place calls with both hands on the wheel, without taking your eyes off the road.
  • memo: Voice memos can also be played back via the built-in speaker.
  • choir: Male voice choirs travel to all corners of the globe on St David's day, to entertain Welsh Communities abroad.
  • telephony: Do you rely only on post and voice telephony for your communications?

Noun used with modifier

  • singing: Who knew Reese had such a nice singing voice?
  • siren: In a time of confusion, there will be many siren voices clamoring for attention.
  • speaking: The King was bold, excellent facial expressions, and a good speaking voice.

Preposition: in

wilderness: Initiated by Voices in the Wilderness, the Iraq Peace Team ( IPT ) exists to stand in solidarity with the peoples of Iraq.

Preposition: of

dissent: I often feel I'm the only voice of dissent.

Preposition: from

heaven: The voice from heaven confirmed the apostles ' interpretation of the inspired prophets.