| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | voy's |
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| Rhymes | choice, invoice, Joyce, and 2 more rhymes in oys at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech. |
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| Examples | "A shrill voice sounded behind us" |
| Narrower | androglossia |
| Broader | sound |
| Meaning | The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract. |
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| Examples | "a singer takes good care of his voice" |
| Synonyms | vocalization, vocalisation, phonation, vox |
| Narrower | singing voice; sprechgesang, sprechstimme; voice over |
| Broader | communication |
| Adjectives | vocal; vocal |
| Verbs | voice |
| Meaning | A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance. |
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| Examples | "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery" |
| Broader | sound |
| Meaning | Expressing in coherent verbal form. |
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| Examples | "I gave voice to my feelings" |
| Synonyms | articulation |
| Broader | expression |
| Verbs | voice |
| Meaning | A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated. |
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| Examples | "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices" |
| Broader | means, agency, way |
| Verbs | voice |
| Meaning | Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression. |
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| Examples | "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it" |
| Broader | communication |
| Meaning | (metonymy) a singer. |
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| Examples | "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it" |
| Category | metonymy |
| Broader | singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser |
| Meaning | An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose. |
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| Synonyms | spokesperson, interpreter, representative |
| Narrower | ambassador; flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack; mouthpiece, mouth; spokesman; spokeswoman; traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman |
| Broader | advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent |
| Meaning | The ability to speak. |
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| Examples | "he lost his voice" |
| Narrower | lung-power |
| Broader | physical ability |
| Verbs | voice |
| Meaning | (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes. |
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| Category | linguistics |
| Narrower | active voice, active; passive voice, passive |
| Broader | grammatical relation |
| Meaning | The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music. |
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| Synonyms | part |
| Narrower | primo; secondo; voice part; accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support; bass, bass part |
| Broader | tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase |
| Meaning | Give voice to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "He voiced his concern" |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
| Nouns | voicer; voice; voice |
| Meaning | Utter with vibrating vocal chords. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | sound, vocalize, vocalise |
| Narrower | chirk; quaver, waver |
| Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say |
| Contrary | devoice |
| Nouns | voice; voice |