🗣️ Speaking or singing sound 🗣️ To express aloud 📢 A spokesperson 🔔 A special sound 🎶 A musical part 📖 Grammar category 🤖 A digital speech

voice

3 6.7

A grammar form that shows who does the action or who receives it

noun
/vɔɪs/

Specialized

: voz

Messages are characterized by an empathetic, smoker-to-smoker voice that encourages smokers to relearn their lives without cigarettes.
passive voice
voice quality
consonant voicing

So like you have like facial hair pigmentation, your voice is a little deeper.

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Examples

Discussions are held with a positive tone of voice, and demeaning language is not permitted.

Academic text (2011)
Sixty minutes of conservative voice rest following a singing or dramatic performance is highly recommended.

Academic text (2008)
Successful delivery takes into account the voice, breathing, body language, and the flow of words.

Academic text (2011)
Palm and voice prints confirm identity.

Camp Daze (2005)
One can expect many stages of voice change in groups of seventh-grade boys.

Academic text (2008)
As educators, we may choose to use readers' theater to allow different voices and perspectives to come forward.

Academic text (2012)
Many authors have outlined adolescent voice testing and classification procedures for use by school music teachers.

Academic text (2008)
In linguistics, the voice of a sentence indicates whether the subject performs the action or receives it.
During her speech class, the teacher emphasized the importance of a strong voice and clear pronunciation.
The singer controlled her voice beautifully, showcasing a range of emotions through her performance.

Synonyms

vocalization

vsvoice

Specialized

5 5.2

A sound a person or animal makes with the voice to communicate

is the general category that also refers to grammatical relations in sentences

voicing

vsvoice

2 3.9

To make sounds with your mouth and throat when speaking, singing, or acting as a character

is the category that also describes grammatical relations of subject and action

voiced sound

vsvoice

Specialized

1 4.1

A speech sound made when the vocal cords in your throat move quickly

is the broader category that also covers grammatical relations between subject and action

vocalism

vsvoice

Specialized

1 8.9

The sound a person makes with their voice when parts of the throat vibrate

is the broader linguistic category that includes both grammar and sound aspects

voicedness

vsvoice

Specialized

1 9.1

Your vocal cords vibrate when you make speech sounds like b or d

is a broader concept that also covers grammatical relations like active or passive

sonant

vsvoice

Specialized

9.9

A sound made when the vocal cords vibrate during speech

is the broader category including grammar relations beyond single speech sounds

vocality

vsvoice

Specialized

7.7

How much a speech sound is made with the voice, like vowels

is the wider concept that also names grammatical subject-action relations

Idioms

with one voice

10 3.7

A group of people all agree and speak or act together

to find your voice

7 6.7

To discover and show your own style when you speak or create

voice in the wilderness

Informal

4 8.8

A person whose warnings or ideas are ignored by others

to give a voice to the voiceless

1 6.0

Speak up for people who cannot be heard

like the sound of one's own voice

1 9.1

To enjoy hearing yourself talk because you feel important

to find one's voice

Informal

1 5.4

Begin to express your own ideas clearly and confidently

at the top of one's voice

Informal

4.1

As loudly as possible so people can hear

to like the sound of one's own voice

8.8

To enjoy hearing yourself speak while not listening to others

Compounds

voice-over

720 3.6

A spoken narration in a film or TV show by someone not seen on screen

voice mail

87 3.2

A phone service that lets people leave messages and hear them later when no one answers

tone of voice

40 3.1

The way someone speaks that shows their feelings or mood

one voice

17 3.7

A group showing agreement by all saying the same thing

singing voice

16 3.1

The sound a person makes when making musical notes with their voice

voice box

12 3.7

A part in the throat that makes sounds when you speak

voice command

Specialized

6 3.7

A spoken instruction you give to a device to make it do something

passive voice

Specialized

4 4.8

A sentence form where the subject receives the action, usually formed with 'be' plus a past verb form like 'eaten'

people's voice

3 4.1

What most people think or want about a public issue

baritone voice

3 4.5

A male singing sound lower than tenor but higher than bass

voice communication

2 3.0

Talking to share information, often by phone or radio

bass voice

Specialized

2 3.1

A low male singing voice that sounds deep and rich

tenor voice

Specialized

2 4.3

A high adult male singing voice often used for solo parts

voice of conscience

1 6.3

An inner feeling that tells you if something is right or wrong

active voice

Specialized

1 3.7

A sentence where the subject does the action

head voice

Specialized

1 7.1

A high singing sound that feels like it vibrates in the head

voice for radio

Literature

1 4.5

A pleasant clear way of speaking that sounds good on the radio

chest voice

Specialized

1 5.5

The lower part of the singing voice that sounds full and is felt in the chest

voice part

Specialized

1 3.4

A part of a song for singers who sing in the same range, for example soprano

small voice

1 6.3

An inner feeling that quietly tells you right from wrong

syrupy voice

1 6.7

A voice that sounds too sweet and not sincere

middle voice

Specialized

1 9.1

A verb form where the subject does an action to itself or for itself

voice for print

Literature

1 6.8

A clear, polished way of writing for newspapers or magazines

wee small voice

9.1

A quiet inner feeling that tells you when something is wrong

Surface Forms

voice singular

voices plural

Etymology

Voice comes from Latin vox, 'voice', and it is used in grammar and sound. In grammar 'voice' shows how a verb 'speaks' about who does or receives the action, and in speech 'voiced' sounds are those made when the vocal cords vibrate.