Voice - Definition

n 1: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's
speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
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"
[syn: 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"
4: expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my
feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn:
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"
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"
7: (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing
it"
8: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major
organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
representative, voice]
9: the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
10: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive)
of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the
verb denotes
11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in
polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn:
part, voice]
v 1: give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
2: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: voice, sound,
vocalize, vocalise] [ant: devoice]