Voice

Quick meaning: Voice is a noun meaning The tone or sound emitted by an object.

Meaning

The tone or sound emitted by an object.

More Meanings

1. The faculty or power of utterance.
2. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
3. (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
4. One who speaks; a speaker.
5. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
6. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
7. (archaic) Command; precept.

Example Sentences

And joyn thy voice unto the Angel Quire,

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Stop repeating in that stupid voice what I say.

His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.

Word Forms

• voices
• voicing
• voiced

Synonyms for voice

Depending on context, synonyms include steven, reard, vote, say-so, diathesis, gender.

Antonyms for voice

Common opposites include devoice.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vocalization, interpreter, vocalize, representative, part, spokesperson.

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