Voice
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Noun
Voice (plural Voices)- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
- (phonetics) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f., sg., sh, etc., and also whisper.
- The tone or sound emitted by anything
- The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
- Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
- Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
- Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (grammar) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
Verb
Voice (third-person singular simple present Voices, present participle voicing, simple past and past participle voiced)
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
- (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare
- (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South
- (transitive, Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
Adjectives for Voice
able; abrupt; accusing; admirable; admonishing; affectionate; agonized; agitated; airy; alarmed; alien; angelic; angry; antagonistic; anxious; apocalyptic; apologetic; appropriate; arbitrary; assuring; audible; authoritative; awe-struck; babbling; baritone; barren; base; bass; beautiful; beguiling; bellowing; beloved; bemused; bewildered; bitter; blatant; bleating; bluff; blunt; blurred; booming; breathless; brisk; buzzing; broken; calm; caressing; carrying; cavernous; celestial; charming; checked; cheerful; cheering; childish; choked; clamoring; clarion; clashing; clear; clinging; cold; collective; commanding; compelling; complete; concentrated; contentious; controlling; convinced; corrupted; courteous; cracked; crashing; crisp; croaking; darkening; deceptive; decisive; decorous; deep; deferential; deliberate; demoniac; desired; determined; dictatorial; discordant; disembodied; dispassionate; dissentient; dissenting; distant; distinct; divine; doleful; dominant; dragging; dreaded; droning; drunken; dry; dull; eager; ear-deafening; earnest; easy; effective; elegant; eloquent; embarrassed; erect; exasperating; excited; exhilarating; expressionless; exquisite; extinguished; extraordinary; exultant; faint; false; falsetto; faltering; familiar; far-away; far-off; far-ringing; fascinating; fearful; fear-struck; feeble; feigned; feminine; fiendish; fine; firm; flexible; flowing; flute-like; fluttering; foghorn; frequent; fretful; fresh; frightened; full; functioning; gentle; ghostly; gibing; gleeful; glorious; godly; good; gorgeous; gracious; great; growling; gruff; guiding; guttural; habitual; half-hesitant; half-whispered; hard; harsh; harmonious; hearty; heathen; heavenly; heavy; helpless; high; high-pitched; hoarse; hollow; horrible; hurried; hushed; husky; icy; ignorant; imaginary; impassioned; impressive; improved; impelling; imperative; inarticulate; inaudible; incarnate; incessant; incisive; independent; indistinct; ineffectual; inexorable; infallible; inflexible; inner; insinuating; insolent; inward; iron; irritable; jerky; jubilant; labored; languid; languorous; laughing; lazy; leafy; level; lifeless; lifted; lingering; lisping; living; loathing; loud; loving; low; lowered; low-keyed; low-pitched; lusty; magnificent; magniloquent; majestic; manful; manly; masculine; matchless; maudlin; measured; meek; melancholy; mellifluous; mellow; melodious; melting; merciless; metallic; meteoric; mighty; mingled (pi); mirthful; modulated; monotonous; monstrous; mortal; motherly; mournful; multitudinous (plural) ; muffled; mumbling; murmuring; musical; mute; myriad (pi); mysterious; nagging; nasal; native; na¬tural; odious; offended; oily; omniscient; ominous; painful; palpitant; parrot-like; passionate; patient; patriotic; peaceful; peevish; penetrating; perpetual; pertinent; pettish; petulant; phantom-like; piercing; piping; pitying; placating; plaining; plaintive; playful; pleading; pleasant; polite; powerful; prodigious; purring; puzzled; quarreling; quavering; querulous; questioning; quiet; quivering; rapid; raised; rasping; raucous; reckless; recognized; reedy; remarkable; reminiscent; reprehensible; reproachful; resonant; respectful; responsive; reverential; ringing; rough; rowdy; rusty; sacred; sad; salutary; sardonic; savage; secret; seductive; sepulchral; seraphic; serious; shaken; sharp; short-breathed; shrieking; shrill; silky; silvery; singsong; sleep-thick; slender; slow; slurring; smooth; smothered; snapping; snarling; snuffling; sobbing; soft; sonorous; soothing; sorrowful; soul-piercing; sprightly; stammering; stately; stationary; steady; stentorian; stern; stified; still; stirring; strained; strange; strangled; stricken strident; strong; stumbling; stupendous subdued; subterranean; sudden; suitable suppressed; surmounting; suspicious; sweet swelled; synchronized; taunting; tearful tender; tentative; tenuous; thick; thin; thundering; tiny; toneless; tottering; tragic; tranquil; transcendent; transformed; trans¬ported; trembling; tremulous; triumphant; troubled; trumpeting; tyrannical; uncertain, unctuous; uneducated; unearthly; unheeded; universal; unmistakable; unmodulated; un¬moved; unrestrained; unruffled; unruly; unshaded; unshaken; unsteady; unsyllabic; uttered; vacuous; vague; velvet; venal; venomous; veritable; vigorous; virgin; vociferous; vulgar; wailing; warbled; warning; weary; welcoming; well-attuned; well-bred; well-known; well-modulated; well-tuned; wheedling; whining; whisper ing; wistful; wondering; woodland; wond rous; wretched; yawning; yearning; young impatient; impersonal.
Verbs for Voice
acclaim—; attune to—; blot out—; candy—; choke—; control—; dampen—; discipline—; disguise—; drop—; drown out—; dull—; echo—; exercise—; guard—; hark-en to—; heed—; hush—; irritate—; laud——; lift—; mellow—; modulate—; muffle—; mute—; muzzle—; pitch—; place—; recognize—; silence—; still—; strain—; study—; sugar—; sweeten—; thrill to—; throttle—; tinge—; train—; —awakens; —bawls; —beguiles; —booms; —breaks; —carols; — carries; —censures; —changes; —charms; —chokes; —cracks; —cuts; —deepens; — drones on; —dwindles; —enraptures; — fascinates; —flags; —flames; —floats up; ——lashes; —murmurs; —palpitates; —pene¬trates; —pierces; —quavers; —ranges; — rasps; —registers; —resounds; —rings out; —rises; —rolls; —sharpens; —slurs; — squeaks; —stirs; —swells; —thickens; — throbs; —thunders; —tightens; —trails off; —trembles; —twitters; —vibrates; —warms; —wavers; —wheedles; —whines; —whispers; —wracks; —wrings.
Adverbs for Voice
tenderly; harmoniously; accusingly; antagonistically; anxiously; authoritatively; bluntly; exultantly; ominously; sternly; patriotically; lustily; audibly; monotonously; petulantly; raucously; reproachfully; sepulchrally; vulgarly; vigorously; vociferously; venomously.
Thesaurus
phonate, phonation, phone, phoneme, phrase, plain chant, plain song, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plosive, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, pour forth, preferential voting, present, prick song, prima donna, prolocutor, prolocutress, prolocutrix, pronounce, proportional representation, prothetic vowel, proxy, psalm singer, publication, put, put forth, put in tune, put in words, raise, rapporteur, record vote, recount, referendum, reflexive, reporter, representation, representative, respect, retroflex, reveal, right to vote, rising vote, rock-and-roll singer, sanction, say, say-so, seal of approval, secret ballot, segmental phoneme, semivowel, sequence of phonemes, set forth, share, show of hands, singer, single vote, singstress, snap vote, sonant, songbird, songster, songstress, sonority, soprano, sound, speaker, speaking, speech, speech act, speech sound, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, stamp of approval, statement, stop, straw vote, string, suffrage, surd, syllabic nucleus, syllabic peak, syllable, talk, tell, tenor, the spoken word, thorough bass, throw off, timbre, tone, tone down, tone of voice, tone up, tongue, torch singer, transferable vote, transition sound, treble, triphthong, tune, tune up, turn, undersong, utter, utterance, utterance string, vehicle, velar, vent, verbalize, viva voce, vocable, vocalic, vocalist, vocalize, vocalizer, voce, voce di petto, voce di testa, vocoid, voice part, voice qualifier, voice quality, voice vote, voiced sound, voiceless sound, voicing, vote, voting, voting right, vowel, warbler, way of saying, whisper, word, word of mouth, words, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yea vote, yeas and nays, yes, yodeler, Australian ballot, Hare system, Heldentenor, Meistersinger, OK, acceptance, accompaniment, active, active voice, adherence, admiration, agency, agent, air, allophone, alto, alveolar, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, approbation, approval, aria singer, articulate, articulation, aspiration, assert, assimilation, atone, attune, aye, ballot, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso continuo, basso ostinato, basso profundo, bassus, bilabial, blessing, blues singer, bourdon, breathe, bring up, burden, cacuminal, canary, cantatrice, canto, cantor, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, canvass, canvassing, caroler, casting vote, cerebral, chance, chanter, chantress, check, chest voice, chime, chord, chorus, coloratura, coloratura soprano, come out with, comic bass, communicate, consonant, continuant, continuo, contralto, convey, countenance, countertenor, counting heads, crooner, cumulative voting, deciding vote, decision, declare, deep bass, deliver, dental, descant, diphthong, disclose, dissimilation, diva, division, dramatic soprano, drone, drone bass, emit, endorsement, enfranchisement, enunciate, epenthetic vowel, esteem, explosive, express, expression, fagot vote, falsetto, favor, favorable vote, figured bass, fling off, formulate, forum, franchise, give, give expression, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, glide, glottal, glottalization, graveyard vote, ground bass, guttural, hand vote, head voice, herald, heroic tenor, hymner, impart, improvisator, instrument, labial, labialization, labiodental, labiovelar, laryngeal, lateral, lead singer, let out, lieder singer, line, lingual, linguistic act, lip, liquid, list system, locution, make known, manner of articulation, manner of speaking, medio-passive, medium, melodist, mezzo-soprano, middle, middle voice, mode of expression, modification, monophthong, morphophoneme, mouthpiece, mute, nasal, nay, no, nod, nontransferable vote, occlusive, official spokesman, opera singer, option, organ, out with, palatal, parasitic vowel, parol, parole, part, participation, passive, passive voice, peak, pharyngeal, pharyngealization,
Etymology
From Middle English vois, from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of Latin vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek-, *wekʷ-, *wokʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वच् (“to say, speak”), German erwähnen (“to mention”). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”), from Old English stefn (see steven), Middle English rouste "voice" from Old Norse raust, and Middle English rearde "voice" from Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel.
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