Definition of Voice

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Definition of Voice

Voice

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.

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, s, 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.

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.

To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

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.

To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.

To vote; to elect; to appoint.

To clamor; to cry out.

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Voice Quotations

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.
Ronald Reagan

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
Mohandas Gandhi

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mohandas Gandhi

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Mohandas Gandhi

Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.
Bill Cosby

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Theodore Roosevelt

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
William Shakespeare

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Voice Translations

voice in Danish is stemme
voice in German is Stimme
voice in Italian is voce
voice in Latin is vox vocis
voice in Spanish is voz

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