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Voiced
is always a great word to know.
So is sound. Does it mean:
| the audible result of an utterance or portion of an utterance |
| articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate |
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noun
1.
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
2.
the faculty or power of uttering sounds through the mouth by the controlled expulsion of air; speech: to lose one's voice.
3.
a range of such sounds distinctive to one person, or to a type of person or animal: Her voice is commanding.
4.
the condition or effectiveness of the voice for speaking or singing: to be in poor voice.
5.
EXPANDa sound likened to or resembling vocal utterance: the voice of the wind.
6.
something likened to speech as conveying impressions to the mind: the voice of nature.
7.
expression in spoken or written words, or by other means: to give voice to one's disapproval by a letter.
8.
the right to present and receive consideration of one's desires or opinions: We were given no voice in the election.
9.
an expressed opinion or choice: a voice for compromise.
10.
an expressed will or desire: the voice of the people.
11.
expressed wish or injunction: obedient to the voice of God.
12.
the person or other agency through which something is expressed or revealed: a warning that proved to be the voice of prophecy.
13.
a singer: one of our best voices.
14.
a voice part: a score for piano and voice.
15.
Phonetics. the audible result of phonation and resonance.
16.
Grammar.
a.
b.
a set of syntactic devices in some languages, as English, that is similar to this set in function.
c.
any of the categories of these sets: the English passive voice; the Greek middle voice.
17.
COLLAPSEthe finer regulation, as of intensity and color, in tuning, especially of a piano or organ.
verb (used with object)
18.
to give utterance or expression to; declare; proclaim: to voice one's discontent.
19.
Music.
a.
to regulate the tone of, as the pipes of an organ.
b.
to write the voice parts for (music).
20.
to utter with the voice.
21.
Phonetics. to pronounce with glottal vibration.
22.
to interpret from sign language into spoken language.
adjective
Idioms23.
Computers. of or pertaining to the use of human or synthesized speech: voice-data entry; voice output.
24.
Telecommunications. of or pertaining to the transmission of speech or data over media designed for the transmission of speech: voice-grade channel; voice-data network.
25.
the still, small voice, the conscience: He was only occasionally troubled by the still, small voice.
26.
with one voice, in accord; unanimously: They arose and with one voice acclaimed the new president.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French voiz, voice (Old French voiz, vois) < Latin vōcem, accusative of vōx; akin to vocāre to call, Greek óps voice, épos word (see epic), Sanskrit vakti (he) speaks
1250–1300; Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French voiz, voice (Old French voiz, vois) < Latin vōcem, accusative of vōx; akin to vocāre to call, Greek óps voice, épos word (see epic), Sanskrit vakti (he) speaks
Related forms
voic·er, noun
out·voice, verb (used with object), out·voiced, out·voic·ing.
un·der·voice, noun
Synonyms
5. cry, call. 6. sound, language, speech, tongue. 11. order, command. 12. mouthpiece, organ. 18. reveal, disclose, publish.
5. cry, call. 6. sound, language, speech, tongue. 11. order, command. 12. mouthpiece, organ. 18. reveal, disclose, publish.
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World English Dictionary
| voiced (vɔɪst) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | declared or expressed by the voice |
| 2. | (in combination) having a voice as specified: loud-voiced |
| 3. | phonetics Compare voiceless articulated with accompanying vibration of the vocal cords: in English |
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Word Origin & History
voice
late 13c., "sound made by the human mouth," from O.Fr. voiz, from L. vocem (nom. vox) "voice, sound, utterance, cry, call, speech, sentence, language, word," related to vocare "to call," from PIE base *wek- "give vocal utterance, speak" (cf. Skt. vakti "speaks, says," vacas- "word;" Avestan vac- "speak,
EXPANDsay;" Gk. aor. eipon "spoke, said," epos "word;" O.Prus. wackis "cry;" Ger. er-wähnen "to mention"). Replaced O.E. stefn. Meaning "ability in a singer" is first attested c.1600. Verb meaning "to express" (a feeling, opinion, etc.) first attested c.1600. The noun in this sense (in ref. to groups of people, etc., e.g. Voice of America) is recorded from late 14c.
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Medical Dictionary
voice (vois)
n.
The sound made by air passing out through the larynx and upper respiratory tract and produced by the vibration of the vocal organs.
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