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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. Related Definitions: Above, Action, Also, An, And, Announce, Anything, Appoint, As, Breath, By, Character, Chiefly, Choice, Clamor, Command, Conjugating, Considered, Cry, Cultivate, Distinguished, Divulge, Elect, Emitted, Especially, Expressed, Expression, Faculty, Feeling, Fit, For, Form, From, Give, Glottis, Heard, Human, In, Indicated, Inflecting, Intonated, Is, Judgment, Kind, Language, Low, Mere, Mode, Mouth, Narrowed, Nation, Now, Of, One, Opinion, Or, Organ, Out, Particular, Pleasant, Possessing, Power, Precept, Producing, Pronounce, Proper, Publish, Quality, Rapid, Regulate, Relation, Scriptural, Signification, Some, Sonant, Song, Sound, Speak, Speaker, Special, Speech, Subject, That, The, Thus, To, Tone, Used, Utter, Utterance, Uttered, Verb, Vocal, Voice, Vote, Which, Whisper, Who, With

Voice Quotations I always want to give the victim a voice. Ann Rule Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I feel like I have to have a voice. Debbie Harry Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..."; And then do it. Duane Michals When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off." Stephen King

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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