1. The distinctive quality, pitch or condition of a person's speech
   "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
    
2. 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";
   - vocalization, vocalisation [Brit], vocalism, phonation, vox
    
3. The ability to speak
   "he lost his voice"
    
4. The expression or formulation of thoughts, feelings, or demands
   "I gave voice to my feelings";
   - articulation
    
5. A means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
   "conservatism has many voices"; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"
    
6. Something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
   "he said his voices told him to do it"; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"
    
7. A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
   "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
    
8. (metonymy) a singer
   "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
    
9. An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
   "The celebrity agreed to be the voice for the environmental campaign";
   - spokesperson, interpreter, representative
    
10. The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
    "he tried to sing the tenor voice";
    - part
     
11. (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
    "In 'The cat chased the mouse', the sentence is in the active voice, while 'The mouse was chased by the cat' is in the passive voice"
     
12. (phonetics) vibration of vocal cords during speech sound production
    "The difference between 's' and 'z' is one of voice"

1. Give voice to
   "He voiced his concern"
    
2. Utter with vibrating vocal chords
   "He voiced his concerns at the meeting";
   - sound, vocalize, vocalise [Brit]
    
3. (music) regulate the tone of
   "The choir director voiced the parts to achieve a balanced sound"
    
4. Provide the voice for a character in an animation etc.
   "She voiced the main character in the popular animated series"

Derived forms: voiced, voices, voicing

Type of: advocate, advocator, agency, air, articulate, communication, enounce [archaic], enunciate, exponent, express, expression, give tongue to, grammatical relation, line, means, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, physical ability, pronounce, proponent, say, singer, sound, sound out, strain, tune, utter, verbal expression, verbalise [Brit], verbalism, verbalize, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer, way

Encyclopedia: Voice, Eric