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   voice

   /vɔɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song: "Meg raised her voice"
   • ▪ the ability to speak or sing: "she'd lost her voice" Similar power of speechpowers of articulation
   • ▪ 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"
   • 2. a particular opinion or attitude expressed: "a dissenting voice" Similar opinionviewcommentfeelingwishdesirevoteinputone's sayinformal:one's twopence worthone's twopenn'orth
   • ▪ an agency by which a point of view is expressed or represented: "the newspaper was the voice of the students" Similar mouthpieceforumorganagencyagentrepresentativespokespersonspokesmanspokeswomanfrontmanintermediarymediumvehicleinstrumentchannelmeans of expression
   • ▪ the right to express an opinion: "the new electoral system gives minority parties a voice"
   • 3. 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. sound uttered with resonance of the vocal cords (used in the pronunciation of vowels and certain consonants).
   • 5. a form or set of forms of a verb showing the relation of the subject to the action: "the passive voice"

   verb

   • 1. express (something) in words: "get teachers to voice their opinions on important subjects"
   • 2. utter (a speech sound) with resonance of the vocal cords (e.g. b, d, g, v, z): "he is unable to voice the g sound"
   • 3. regulate the tone quality of (organ pipes or a piano).

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French vois, from Latin vox, voc-.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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