Main entry: voice
Definition: a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
Usage: the voice of the law; the Times is not the voice of New York; conservatism has many voices
Main entry: voice
Definition: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
Usage: A shrill voice sounded behind us
Main entry: voice
Definition: the ability to speak
Usage: he lost his voice
Definition: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
Usage: he tried to sing the tenor part
Main entry: voice, articulation
Definition: expressing in coherent verbal form
Usage: the articulation of my feelings; I gave voice to my feelings
Main entry: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voice, vox
Definition: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Usage: a singer takes good care of his voice; the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations
Main entry: voice
Definition: something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
Usage: the wee small voice of conscience; the voice of experience; he said his voices told him to do it
Main entry: voice
Definition: a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Usage: the noisy voice of the waterfall; the incessant voices of the artillery
Main entry: spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice
Definition: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Usage: the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
Main entry: voice
Definition: (metonymy) a singer
Usage: he wanted to hear trained voices sing it
Main entry: voice
Definition: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
Main entry: voice
Definition: give voice to
Usage: He voiced his concern
Main entry: sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice
Definition: utter with vibrating vocal chords