ENGLISH: voice - CREOLE: prononse



Overview of noun voice



The noun voice has 11 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)



1. (78) voice -- (the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us")

2. (70) 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")

3. (5) voice -- (a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery")

4. (5) articulation, voice -- (expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings")

5. (4) 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")

6. (3) 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")

7. (2) voice -- ((metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it")

8. (2) 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")

9. (2) voice -- (the ability to speak; "he lost his voice")

10. voice -- ((linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes)

11. part, voice -- (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part")



Overview of verb voice



The verb voice has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (4) voice -- (give voice to; "He voiced his concern")

2. voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise -- (utter with vibrating vocal chords)

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