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(noun) a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices" |
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Related Words: agency, means, way |
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(verb) give voice to; "He voiced his concern" |
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Related Words: express, give tongue to, utter |
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(verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords |
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Synonyms: sound, vocalize |
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Related Words: articulate, chirk, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, quaver, say, waver |
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Antonyms: devoice |
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(noun) the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us" |
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Related Words: androglossia, sound |
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(noun) the ability to speak; "he lost his voice" |
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Related Words: lung-power, physical ability |
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(noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" |
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Synonyms: vocalization |
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Related Words: communication, singing voice |
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(noun) something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it" |
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Related Words: communication |
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(noun) a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery" |
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Related Words: sound |
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(noun) (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it" |
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Related Words: singer, vocalist |
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(noun) (linguistics) the grammatical relation of the subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes |
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Related Words: active, active voice, grammatical relation, passive, passive voice |
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(noun) the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" |
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Synonyms: part |
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Related Words: accompaniment, air, bass, bass part, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, support, tune, voice part |
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(noun) expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings" or "I gave voice to my feelings" |
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Synonyms: articulation |
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Related Words: expression |
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(noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" |
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Synonyms: interpreter, representative, spokesperson |
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Related Words: advocate, ambassador, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, exponent, flak, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, proponent, roadman, spin doctor, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman |
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