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voice

noun

1 voice

The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.

Roget 737b: politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism.    election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, ... show more

Roget 411: cry etc. v.; voice etc. (human) 580; hubbub; bark etc. (animal) 412.    vociferation, ... show more

Roget 480: result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism [Med.]; illation; corollary, porism; moral.    estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication; ... show more

Roget 402: sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tone; cadence; sonorousness etc. adj.; audibility; resonance etc. ... show more

Dutch: stem

2 voice

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.

synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, vox.

Roget 580: voice; vocality; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice, fine voice, powerful voice etc. (loud) 404; musical voice etc. 413; ... show more

Dutch: stem, stemgeluid
Polish: głos

3 voice

A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance.

4 voice

Expressing in coherent verbal form:
— I gave voice to my feelings.

synonym: articulation.

5 voice

A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated.

6 voice

Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression.

7 voice

metonymy A singer.

Polish: głos

8 voice

An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.

synonyms: interpreter, representative, spokesperson.

Dutch: interpreet, voorlichter, woordvoerder

9 voice

The ability to speak.

Polish: głos

10 voice

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

Polish: strona, diateza

11 voice

The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.

synonym: part.

Dutch: muziekstuk
Polish: głos

verb

1 voice

Give voice to.

Roget 566: express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; ... show more

Roget 531: publish; make public, make known etc. (information) 527; speak of, talk of; broach, utter; put forward; circulate, propagate, ... show more

2 voice

Utter with vibrating vocal chords.

synonyms: sound, vocalise, vocalize.


Moby thesaurus: Australian ballot, Hare system, Heldentenor, Meistersinger, OK, acceptance, accompaniment, active, active voice, adherence, admiration, agency, agent, air, allophone, alto, alveolar, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, approbation ... show more.

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