| voice | 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 |
| voice | the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech, A shrill voice sounded behind us |
head register
head voice
head tone | the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing, the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head |
chest register
chest voice
chest tone | the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing |
| voice | the ability to speak, he lost his voice |
larynx
voice box | a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea, contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech |
voice mail
voicemail | a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls, telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed |
| singing voice | the musical quality of the voice while singing |
bass
bass voice
basso | the lowest adult male singing voice |
baritone
baritone voice | the second lowest adult male singing voice |
tenor
tenor voice | the adult male singing voice above baritone |
part
voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music, he tried to sing the tenor part |
| voice part | a part written for a singer |
| articulation voice | expressing in coherent verbal form, the articulation of my feelings, I gave voice to my feelings |
| tone tone of voice | the quality of a person's voice, he began in a conversational tone, he spoke in a nervous tone of voice |
speech
speech communication
spoken communication
spoken language
language voice communication
oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth, his speech was garbled, he uttered harsh language, he recorded the spoken language of the streets |
voice
vocalization
vocalisation
vocalism
phonation
vox | 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 |
| voice | 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 |
| voice over | the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program |
| voice | a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance, the noisy voice of the waterfall, the incessant voices of the artillery |
wee small voice
small voice
voice of conscience | an inner voice that judges your behavior |
spokesperson
interpreter
representative voice | an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose, the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government |
| voice | (metonymy) a singer, he wanted to hear trained voices sing it |
| voice | (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes |
active voice
active | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb, `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice |
passive voice
passive | 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, `The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice, `The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive |
| voice | give voice to, He voiced his concern |
voice sound
vocalize vocalise | utter with vibrating vocal chords |
give voice
formulate
word
phrase
articulate | put into words or an expression, He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees |
sotto voce
in a low voice | in an undertone, he uttered a curse sotto voce |