English dictionary
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English noun: voice | |||
| 1. | voice (attribute) the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech | ||
| Samples | A shrill voice sounded behind us. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | androglossia | ||
| 2. | voice (communication) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | ||
| Samples | A singer takes good care of his voice. The giraffe cannot make any vocalizations. | ||
| Synonyms | phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, vox | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | singing voice, sprechgesang, sprechstimme, voice over | ||
| 3. | voice (event) a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance | ||
| Samples | The noisy voice of the waterfall. The incessant voices of the artillery. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound | ||
| 4. | voice (communication) expressing in coherent verbal form | ||
| Samples | The articulation of my feelings. I gave voice to my feelings. | ||
| Synonyms | articulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expression, verbal expression, verbalism | ||
| 5. | voice (act) a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated | ||
| Samples | The voice of the law. The Times is not the voice of New York. Conservatism has many voices. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agency, means, way | ||
| 6. | voice (communication) something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression | ||
| Samples | The wee small voice of conscience. The voice of experience. He said his voices told him to do it. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communication | ||
| 7. | voice (person) (metonymy) a singer | ||
| Samples | He wanted to hear trained voices sing it. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer | ||
| Domain category | metonymy | ||
| 8. | voice (person) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | ||
| Samples | The meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government. | ||
| Synonyms | interpreter, representative, spokesperson | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ambassador, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, roadman, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman | ||
| 9. | voice (attribute) the ability to speak | ||
| Samples | He lost his voice. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | physical ability | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lung-power | ||
| 10. | voice (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grammatical relation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | active, active voice, passive, passive voice | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| 11. | voice (communication) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | ||
| Samples | He tried to sing the tenor part. | ||
| Synonyms | part | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accompaniment, backup, bass, bass part, musical accompaniment, primo, secondo, support, voice part | ||
English verb: voice | |||
| 1. | voice (communication) give voice to | ||
| Samples | He voiced his concern. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| 2. | voice (communication) utter with vibrating vocal chords | ||
| Synonyms | sound, vocalise, vocalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chirk, quaver, waver | ||
| Antonyms | devoice | ||
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