voice
nouns
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
"A shrill voice sounded behind us"
is a type of (narrower)
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
"the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
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"
a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
"the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
expressing in coherent verbal form
"the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"
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"
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"
is a type of (narrower)
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
(metonymy) a singer
"he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
domain category
substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
the ability to speak
"he lost his voice"
is a type of (narrower)
the ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
verbs
give voice to
"He voiced his concern"
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
"She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
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