What is the meaning of voice?

noun

• The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.
  • usage: "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
• The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
  • usage: "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
  • synonyms: vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
• A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance.
  • usage: "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
• Expressing in coherent verbal form.
  • usage: "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"
  • synonyms: articulation
• A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated.
  • usage: "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"
• Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression.
  • usage: "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"
• Metonymy) a singer. (
  • usage: "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
• An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.
  • usage: "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
  • synonyms: spokesperson, interpreter, representative
• The ability to speak.
  • usage: "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.
  • usage: "he tried to sing the tenor part"
  • synonyms: part

verb

• Give voice to.
  • usage: "He voiced his concern"
• Utter with vibrating vocal chords.
  • synonyms: sound, vocalize, vocalise