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voice

/vɔɪs/

noun

Meaning

  • Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

    "His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir."

  • Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

  • The tone or sound emitted by an object

  • The faculty or power of utterance

    "to cultivate the voice"

  • That which is communicated; message; meaning.

  • An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered

  • Command; precept.

  • One who speaks; a speaker.

  • A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.

  • (grammar) A particular way 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.

    "The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive."

  • In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.

    "The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts."

  • (IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

Synonyms

say-so,
steven,
vote,
reard,
steven,
diathesis,
gender,
grammatical voice,
verbal voice