voice
noun
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a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated“the voice of the law”
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the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech“A shrill voice sounded behind us”
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the ability to speak“I lost my voice.”
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the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic musicpart
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expressing in coherent verbal formarticulation
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the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract“Their voice echoed through the building.”vocalismphonation
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something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression“the wee small voice of conscience”
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a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance“the noisy voice of the waterfall”
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an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purposerepresentativeinterpreterspokesperson
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metonymy for a singer“There is no sound better than a trained voice.”
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(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
verb
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allow something to be expressed“I've already voiced my concern.”
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utter with vibrating vocal chordssoundvocalizevocalise