vox

Examples

• All

• In the recording, the vox of the singer stood out beautifully against the instrumental backdrop.

• The producer adjusted the levels so that the vox blended perfectly with the other tracks.

• Right now, yours is the vox grex!

  Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

• The screen's blue Net Force background came up, and the computer's vox said, "Alex?

  Fiction book (1999)

• Hmm, no wonder the vox populi is damaged.

  Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

• Rackham reached down, switched his suit radio from vox to off.

  Fiction book (2000)

• My God, what happened to your voice, the fabled vox populi?

  Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

• Anything less contravenes the vox populi.

  Academic text (2002)

• A variety of audience members were interviewed in a vox pop segment afterwards; some could not recollect anything, but were nevertheless impressed.

  Blog text (16)

• "Bill Harvey was not speaking in his let's-go-fishing voice; this was his high-church, gospel-side vox populi.

  Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

V

voice

vsvox

• Specialized

149 6.1

A single musical line sung or played by one part

is limited to the singing part in recordings rather than instrumental lines

V

vocal

vsvox

68 4.3

A part of a song that is sung by a person

is the specific singing part within a performance, not the entire piece

V

voice part

vsvox

• Specialized

1 3.4

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

is the performed singing part used in recordings and informal technical contexts

V

voc

vsvox

• Jargon

9.6

The singing voice or singing parts in a song

is the informal technical name for the singing part rather than an abbreviation

Compounds

V

vox populi

1 8.9

What most people think about something

V

vox angelica

• Specialized

9.9

An organ stop that makes a soft, trembling sound like a human voice

V

vox humana

• Specialized

9.9

A part of a pipe organ that makes a warm sound like a human voice

Surface Forms

Etymology