voice : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
  active.
  
  • `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice

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• (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action expressed by it.

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• noun the second lowest adult male singing voice
  baritone.
  

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• noun the lowest adult male singing voice
  basso; bass.
  

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• a deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.

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• the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull.

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• noun the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
  chest tone; chest register.
  

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• (Phon.), a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.

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• one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another.

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• verb put into words or an expression
  phrase; articulate; word; formulate.
  
  • He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees

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• adjective satellite having an unusually harsh sound
  

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• noun the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
  head tone; head register.
  

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• (Phon.), a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.

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• adverb in an undertone
  sotto voce.
  
  • he uttered a curse sotto voce

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• adjective satellite having an unusually loud voice
  

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Loud"-voiced` adjective

Definitions

1. Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. Byron.

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• (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage.

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• (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.

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• (Gram.), a verb, or form of a verb, which expresses the effect of the action of some agent; as, in Latin, doceor, I am taught; in English, she is loved; the picture is admired by all; he is assailed by slander.

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• noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
  passive.
  
  • `The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice
  • `The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive

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• . (Gram.) See under Passive, a.

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• noun the musical quality of the voice while singing
  

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• noun an inner voice that judges your behavior
  voice of conscience; small voice.
  

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• unusual exertion of the voice.

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• noun the adult male singing voice above baritone
  tenor.
  

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• to cry aloud; to call out. Gen. xxi. 16.

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• noun the quality of a person's voice
  tone.
  
  • he began in a conversational tone
  • he spoke in a nervous tone of voice

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• noun a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
  larynx.
  

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• noun (language) communication by word of mouth
  oral communication; spoken language; language; speech communication; speech; spoken communication.
  
  • his speech was garbled
  • he uttered harsh language
  • he recorded the spoken language of the streets

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• (Pron.), the brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able . See Glide, n., 2.

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• noun a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
  voicemail.
  

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• noun an inner voice that judges your behavior
  voice of conscience; small voice.
  

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• noun the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program
  

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• noun a part written for a singer
  

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• . See Voiced stop, under Voiced, a.

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• noun a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
  sonant.
  

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• noun an inner voice that judges your behavior
  voice of conscience; small voice.
  

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• unanimously. "All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians." Acts xix. 34.

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