the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; A shrill voice sounded behind us'
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; he tried to sing the tenor part
[ Syn: part ]
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
[ Syn: vocalization , vocalisation , vocalism , phonation , vox ]
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
[ Syn: articulation ]
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'
(metonymy) a singer; he wanted to hear trained voices sing it'
an advocate who represents someone elses policy or purpose; the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
[ Syn: spokesperson , interpreter , representative ]
the ability to speak; he lost his voice'