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voice

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