Definitions for voice
vɔɪsvoice

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. voice(noun)

   the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

   "A shrill voice sounded behind us"

2. voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox(noun)

   the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract

   "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

3. voice(noun)

   a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance

   "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"

4. articulation, voice(noun)

   expressing in coherent verbal form

   "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"

5. voice(noun)

   a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated

   "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"

6. voice(noun)

   something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression

   "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"

7. voice(noun)

   (metonymy) a singer

   "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"

8. spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice(noun)

   an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

   "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

9. voice(noun)

   the ability to speak

   "he lost his voice"

10. voice(noun)

    (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

11. part, voice(verb)

    the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

    "he tried to sing the tenor part"

12. voice(verb)

    give voice to

    "He voiced his concern"

13. voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise(verb)

    utter with vibrating vocal chords

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. voice(Noun)

   The tone or sound emitted by anything

2. voice(Noun)

   Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.

3. voice(Noun)

   Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; u2014 distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in , , sh, etc., and also whisper.

4. voice(Noun)

   The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice

5. voice(Noun)

   Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion

6. voice(Noun)

   Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.

7. voice(Noun)

   Command; precept; u2014 now chiefly used in scriptural language.

8. voice(Noun)

   One who speaks; a speaker.

9. voice(Noun)

   A particular mode 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.

10. voice(Noun)

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

11. voice(Verb)

    To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

12. voice(Verb)

    To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

13. voice(Verb)

    To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.

14. voice(Verb)

    To vote; to elect; to appoint u2014 Shakespeare

15. voice(Verb)

    To clamor; to cry out, to steven u2014 South

16. voice(Verb)

    To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.

17. voice(Verb)

    To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Voice(noun)

   sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

2. Voice(noun)

   sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

3. Voice(noun)

   the tone or sound emitted by anything

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

4. Voice(noun)

   the faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

5. Voice(noun)

   language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

6. Voice(noun)

   opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

7. Voice(noun)

   command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

8. Voice(noun)

   one who speaks; a speaker

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

9. Voice(noun)

   a particular mode 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

   Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

10. Voice(verb)

    to give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation

    Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

11. Voice(verb)

    to utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper

    Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

12. Voice(verb)

    to fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ

    Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

13. Voice(verb)

    to vote; to elect; to appoint

    Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

14. Voice(verb)

    to clamor; to cry out

    Etymology: [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. a word, a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erwhnen to mention. Cf. Advocate, Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch, Vowel.]

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Voice

   Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless or voiced. The term, however, is used to refer to two separate concepts. Voicing can refer to the articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate. This is its primary use in phonetics to describe phones, which are particular speech sounds. It can also refer to a classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration but need not actually be voiced at the articulatory level. This is the term's primary use in phonology when describing phonemes, or in phonetics when describing phones. At the articulatory level, a voiced sound is one in which the vocal cords vibrate, and a voiceless sound is one in which they do not. For example, voicing accounts for the difference between the pair of sounds associated with the English letters "s" and "z". The two sounds are transcribed as and to distinguish them from the English letters, which have several possible pronunciations depending on context. If one places the fingers on the voice box, one can feel a vibration when one pronounces zzzz, but not when one pronounces ssss. In most European languages, with a notable exception being Icelandic, vowels and other sonorants are modally voiced.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Voice

   vois, n. sound from the mouth: sound given out by anything: utterance or mode of utterance: language: expression: expressed opinion: one who speaks: (Shak.) reputation: sound uttered with resonance of the vocal chords: vote: (gram.) mode of inflecting verbs, as being active or passive.—v.t. to give utterance to, declare, announce: to fit for sounding: to regulate the tone of: to utter with voice or tone, as distinguished from breath.—adjs. Voiced, furnished with a voice; Voice′ful, having a voice: vocal.—n. Voice′fulness.—adj. Voice′less, having no voice or vote.—ns. Voice′lessness; Voic′er; Voic′ing, the regulating of the tone of organ pipes, ensuring proper power, pitch, and quality.—In my voice (Shak.), in my name; Inner voice, part, in music, a voice-part intermediate between the highest and the lowest; In voice, in good condition for singing or speaking.—With one voice, unanimously. [O. Fr. voix—L. vox, vocis; akin to Gr. epos, a word.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. voice

   To phone someone, as opposed to emailing them or connecting in talk mode. “I'm busy now; I'll voice you later.”

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Voice

   The sounds produced by humans by the passage of air through the LARYNX and over the VOCAL CORDS, and then modified by the resonance organs, the NASOPHARYNX, and the MOUTH.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. voice

   Sound created with the mouth when a person speaks.

   Her voice is so beautiful and he loves it.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

2. voice

   The sound we hear when a person speaks.

   Our voices are so beautiful, each of us have our beautiful tone and voice.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 25, 2020  

3. voice

   To express or communicate.

   He did always voice how he felt and knew his voice was heard.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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1. voice

   Song lyrics by voice -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by voice on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'voice' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #502

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'voice' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1428

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'voice' in Nouns Frequency: #174

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'voice' in Verbs Frequency: #267

How to pronounce voice?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say voice in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of voice in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of voice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of voice in a Sentence

1. Von Humboldt:

   Time is the most important thing in human life, for what is pleasure after the departure of time? and the most consolatory, since pain, when pain has passed, is nothing. Time is the wheel-track in which we roll on towards eternity, conducting us to the Incomprehensible. In its progress there is a ripening power, and it ripens us the more, and the more powerfully, when we duly estimate it. Listen to its voice, do not waste it, but regard it as the highest finite good, in which all finite things are resolved.

2. Richard Land:

   Parts of the business community will continue to pander to the loudest voice until they meet opposition, and they'd better be prepared to meet some opposition, because there are millions and millions of evangelical Christians in America and they have a choice about who they do business with.

3. David Letterman:

   I was flattered. I was pleased. I felt like I still have a small voice in this. I thought it was good.

4. The FAA:

   The cockpit voice recorder( CVR) and flight data recorder( FDR) information have been downloaded from the units and are in possession of the Ethiopian authorities.

5. Jill Stein:

   It was an amazing affirmation of the power of the American people to have a voice in their voting system and demand elections with integrity.

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