voice
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
2. (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it consideredExamples: "Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir."; "Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice."; "Like many of the 7 million other first time voters, she came of age during half a decade of military rule that has governed the country since former general turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power in a 2014 coup. "We have had our voice taken away for five years," she says."Synonyms: steven, vote, say-sofiguratively
3. (archaic) Command; precept.Examples: "As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall yee perish; because ye would not be obedient vnto the voice of the Lord your God."archaic
4. (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
5. (grammar) A particular way 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.Examples: "The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive."; "There are four tenses of the subjunctive (present, perfect, imperfect, and pluperfect) and three voices (active, passive, and deponent). [...] See 12.8 for the formation of the deponent voice."Synonyms: diathesis, gender, grammatical voice, verbal voice
6. (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.Examples: "The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announceExamples: "He voiced the sentiments of the nation."; "How often he would voice his love of England, his admiration of her Parliament, his pride in her history."; "Rather assume thy right in silence and […] then voice it with claims and challenges."transitive
2. (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.transitive
3. (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone ofExamples: "voice the pipes of an organ"transitive
4. (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appointobsoletetransitive
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry outExamples: "If thou wilt give me Davids heart; Ile voyce, / Great God, with David; and make Davids choyce."; "It is not the gift of every Perſon, nor of every Age, to harangue the multitude, to Voice it high and loud, & Dominari in Concionibus."; "How wou'd they voice it o're and o're for Tachmas / To come, and blunt the edge of War agen!"intransitiveobsolete
6. (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.Examples: "I would like this script to allow me to notice not only the ops in a channel, but also those that have been voiced by the ops, at the same time."; "If you then want others to be able to talk, you can voice them (+v) or if you want everyone able to talk, you can remove the moderation flag on the channel (-m)."Internettransitive
name (English)
1. (Australian politics) The Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposalAustralian
Definition source: Wiktionary