VOICE

The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

Example: "A shrill voice sounded behind us"

The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract

Example: "A singer takes good care of his voice"

A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance

Example: "The noisy voice of the waterfall"

Expressing in coherent verbal form

Example: "The articulation of my feelings"

A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated

Example: "The voice of the law"

Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression

Example: "The wee small voice of conscience"

(metonymy) a singer

Example: "He wanted to hear trained voices sing it"

An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

Example: "The meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

The ability to speak

Example: "He lost his voice"

(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music

Example: "He tried to sing the tenor part"

A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.