Definitions for voice
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)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(0.00 / 0 votes)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

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

3. Voice(noun)

   the tone or sound emitted by anything

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; -- 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(verb)

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

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

12. Voice(verb)

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

13. Voice(verb)

    to vote; to elect; to appoint

14. Voice(verb)

    to clamor; to cry out

Origin: [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.

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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

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. Jennifer Lawrence:

   They gave a voice to me.

2. Hsu Hsin-ying:

   Taiwan needs another voice.

3. F. Scott Fitzgerald:

   Her voice is full of money.

4. Jonathan Adler:

   Yes, we're losing our voice.

5. Juliet Nalumu:

   I now had a voice, a salary.

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