Topic: voice
Definition:

  • the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
  • "A shrill voice sounded behind us" 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"
  • "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
  • "the noisy voice of the waterfall"
  • "the incessant voices of the artillery" expressing in coherent verbal form
  • "the articulation of my feelings"
  • "I gave voice to my feelings" a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
  • "the voice of the law"
  • "the Times is not the voice of New York"
  • "conservatism has many voices" something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
  • "the wee small voice of conscience"
  • "the voice of experience"
  • "he said his voices told him to do it" (metonymy) a singer
  • "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it" an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  • "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" the ability to speak
  • "he lost his voice" (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
  • "he tried to sing the tenor part" give voice to
  • "He voiced his concern" utter with vibrating vocal chords

    Related tag cloud:

  • music
  • data
  • radio
  • singing
  • vocal
  • telephone
  • speech
  • voiceover
  • telecommunications
  • audio
  • video
  • network
  • tv
  • internet
  • communications
  • singer
  • sing
  • piano
  • phone
  • cd
  • telecom
  • Resources:

    The Village Voice
    Alternative weekly since 1955 featuring news, arts, opinions, classifieds, and entertainment listings.
    http://www.villagevoice.com/

    Voice of the Shuttle
    Portal maintained by Alan Liu of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Features a history of the project, news and offers visitors the opportunity to participate by becoming volunteer editors.
    http://vos.ucsb.edu/

    Voice of America
    The international broadcast voice of the United States. News and commentary from around the world, now broadcast to the internet in 32 languages.
    http://www.voa.gov/

    Witches' Voice
    "The premier Pagan website." Articles, discrimination alerts, and networking. Very large site run by Fritz Jung and Wren Walker.
    http://www.witchvox.com/