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VOICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
Example:
conservatism has many voices
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)
Derivation:
voice (give voice to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
Example:
A shrill voice sounded behind us
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
sound (the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
androglossia (a woman's voice with male qualities)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The ability to speak
Example:
he lost his voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
physical ability (the ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
lung-power (the ability to speak loudly)
Derivation:
voice (utter with vibrating vocal chords)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
Example:
he tried to sing the tenor part
Synonyms:
part; voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
primo (the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
secondo (the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet))
voice part (a part written for a singer)
accompaniment; backup; musical accompaniment; support (a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts)
bass; bass part (the lowest part in polyphonic music)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Expressing in coherent verbal form
Example:
I gave voice to my feelings
Synonyms:
articulation; voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)
Derivation:
voice (give voice to)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Example:
the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
Synonyms:
phonation; vocalisation; vocalism; vocalization; voice; vox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)
sprechgesang; sprechstimme (a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking)
voice over (the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program)
Derivation:
voice (utter with vibrating vocal chords)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
Example:
he said his voices told him to do it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Example:
the incessant voices of the artillery
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Sense 9
Meaning:
An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Example:
the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
Synonyms:
interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
bagman; commercial traveler; commercial traveller; roadman; traveling salesman; travelling salesman (a salesman who travels to call on customers)
spokeswoman (a female spokesperson)
spokesman (a male spokesperson)
mouth; mouthpiece (a spokesperson (as a lawyer))
flack; flack catcher; flak; flak catcher (a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer)
ambassador (an informal representative)
Sense 10
Meaning:
(metonymy) a singer
Example:
he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Domain category:
metonymy (substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads'))
Sense 11
Meaning:
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("voice" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voice"):
active; active voice (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb)
passive; passive voice (the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they voice ... he / she / it voices
Past simple: voiced
Past participle: voiced
-ing form: voicing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give voice to
Example:
He voiced his concern
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "voice" is one way to...):
express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
voice (a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated)
voice (expressing in coherent verbal form)
voicer (a speaker who voices an opinion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Utter with vibrating vocal chords
Synonyms:
sound; vocalise; vocalize; voice
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "voice" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "voice"):
chirk (make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird)
quaver; waver (give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
devoice (utter with tense vocal chords)
Derivation:
voice (the ability to speak)
voice (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)
Context examples:
“A great and increasing one,” replied the other, in a low voice.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A thin, tube-like instrument used to examine the larynx (voice box).
(Laryngoscope, NCI Dictionary)
“Your brother should take the part,” said Mr. Yates, in a low voice.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But he broke in cursing the doctor, in a feeble voice but heartily.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An operation to remove all or part of the larynx (voice box).
(Laryngectomy, NCI Dictionary)
Louisa's voice was the first distinguished.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A drug that is used to treat certain thyroid (a gland located near the voice box) conditions.
(Cytomel, NCI Dictionary)
It is used to help a person talk after removal of the larynx (voice box).
(Electrolarynx, NCI Dictionary)
It is used after removal of a person's larynx (voice box).
(Esophageal speech, NCI Dictionary)
A person whose larynx (voice box) has been removed.
(Laryngectomee, NCI Dictionary)
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