voice /vɔɪs/
1. the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
synset: voice
2. 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"
synset: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
3. a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
synset: voice
4. expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"
synset: articulation, voice
5. 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"
synset: voice
6. 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"
synset: voice
7. (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
synset: voice
8. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
synset: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice
9. the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
synset: voice
10. (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
synset: voice
11. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
1. give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
synset: voice
2. utter with vibrating vocal chords
synset: voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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