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with one voice

with one voice

8 3.7
A group of people all agree and speak or act together
  • idiom
translation icon : a una sola voz
  • The community must act with one voice to address the urgent issues facing our neighborhood.
  • speak with one voice

Women don't speak with one voice on women's issues.

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Examples

  • "We need to organize to speak with one voice."

    Academic text (1994)

  • Molly and Becky answered with one voice.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Here we are acting as one, with one voice.

    Blog text (16)

  • The question is, even if science speaks with "one voice," will anyone be listening?

    Blog text (13)

  • Would an EU with Turkey as a member be able to continue building an ever closer political union or speak with one voice?

    Academic text (2004)

  • When will the oppressed stand up and talk with one voice?

    Blog text (6)

  • Because the administration lacked the discipline to speak with one voice, a coherent message never emerged.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Political considerations have and will continue to frustrate the coalition's ability to speak with one voice and to uphold human security ideals in a consistent manner.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Today, all are united behind Beijing's students, speaking with one voice to condemn the imposition of martial law and, more importantly, to call for the speedier introduction of political reforms in Hong Kong.

    Academic text (1990)

  • To achieve meaningful change, we need to advocate with one voice for better environmental policies.

Synonyms

collectively
vswith one voice
91 3.6

All act together as a group

focuses on shared agreement and unity among people rather than mere grouping
as a group
vswith one voice
72 2.3

Together, all people act or decide as one

expresses unity specifically in opinion or action, not just physical togetherness
solidly
vswith one voice
23 3.4

In a way that shows complete support as one group

is the phrasal expression that states the same complete unity among people
undividedly
vswith one voice
6.4

With full attention and no distraction

applies that completeness specifically to a group's shared opinion or action

Antonyms

to disagree
∞ 1.0

Have a different opinion from someone

dissent
  • Formal
73 6.6

A public or formal statement that shows disagreement with an idea

How United

unanimously
57 3.8
with one voice
8 3.7
in agreement
71 2.1
to agree to disagree
  • Informal
2 4.1
divided
3.0

Surface Forms

with one voice positive

Morphology

with + one + voice

The sense 'in complete agreement' is directly derivable from combining 'with' (together/accompanying) + 'one' (single/unified) + 'voice' (opinion or expression); the phrase reads as acting or speaking as a single entity. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'a una voz', French 'd'une seule voix'), so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

With one voice shows a picture of a group speaking or singing together as if they had a single voice. That's why it means 'complete agreement'.