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voice
noun
    1. A sound produced by the vocal organs and uttered through the mouth, especially by humans in speech or song.
    2. The ability to speak; the power of speech.
      Example: lost his voice
    3. A way of speaking or singing peculiar to each individual.
      Example: couldn't recognize the voice
    4. A tone of speech reflecting a particular emotion.
      Example: in a nervous voice
      Thesaurus: tone, intonation, inflection.
    5. The sound of someone speaking.
      Example: heard a voice
    6. The ability to sing, especially to sing well.
      Example: has no voice
      Example: has a lovely voice
    7. Expression in the form of spoken words.
      Example: gave voice to their feelings
      Thesaurus: articulation, vocalization, expression.
    8. A means or medium of expression or communication.
      Example: newspapers as the voice of the people
      Thesaurus: representative, spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman, agent, press agent, mouthpiece (slang); vote, say, say-so, choice.
    9. grammar.
      The status or function of a verb in being either active or passive.
verb voiced, voicing
    1. To express something in speech.
      Example: He voiced his disapproval
      Thesaurus: assert, declare, say, disclose, divulge, express, exclaim, state, announce.
    2. phonetics.
      To pronounce (a sound) with a vibration of the vocal cords.
Idiom: give voice to something
    To express it.
Idiom: in good voice
    Singing well.
Idiom: with one voice
    Unanimously.
      Thesaurus: unanimously, consensually, all together.
Etymology: 13c: from French vois, from Latin vox.



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