voice

noun

• 1the sound produced in a person’s larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song:Meg raised her voice [mass noun]:a worried tone of voice
• the ability to speak or sing:she’d lost her voice
• (usually voices) the supposed utterance of a guiding spirit: they were admitted to hospital after expressing paranoid ideas and hearing voices
• the distinctive tone or style of a literary work or author:she had strained and falsified her literary voice

• 2a particular opinion or attitude expressed:a dissenting voice
• an agency by which a point of view is expressed or represented:once the proud voice of middle-class conservatism, the paper had fallen on hard times
• [in singular] the right to express an opinion:the new electoral system gives minority parties a voice

• 3 Music the range of pitch or type of tone with which a person sings, such as soprano or tenor.
• a vocal part in a composition.
• a constituent part in a fugue.
• each of the notes or sounds able to be produced simultaneously by a musical instrument (especially an electronic one) or a computer.
• (in an electronic musical instrument) each of a number of preset or programmable tones.

• 4 [mass noun] Phonetics sound uttered with resonance of the vocal cords (used in the pronunciation of vowels and certain consonants).

• 5 Grammar a form or set of forms of a verb showing the relation of the subject to the action:the passive voice

verb

• 1express in words:get teachers to voice their opinions on important subjects

• 2 (usually as adjective voiced) Phonetics utter (a speech sound) with resonance of the vocal cords (e.g. b, d, g, v, z).

• 3 Music regulate the tone quality of (organ pipes).