voice

/vois/

noun

1. The sound produced by the vocal organs of a vertebrate, especially a human.
2. The ability to produce such sounds.
   He has laryngitis and has lost his voice.
3. The mind as it produces verbal thoughts.
   listening to the voice within.
4. A specified quality, condition, or pitch of vocal sound.
   a hoarse voice; the announcer's booming voice.
5. (Linguistics) Expiration of air through vibrating vocal cords, used in the production of vowels and voiced consonants.
6. A sound resembling or reminiscent of vocal utterance.
   the murmuring voice of the forest.
7. Musical sound produced by vibration of the human vocal cords and resonated within the throat and head cavities.
8. The quality or condition of a person's singing.
   a baritone in excellent voice.
9. A singer.
   a choir of excellent voices.
10. One of the individual vocal or instrumental parts or strands in a composition.
    a fugue for four voices; string voices carrying the melody.
11. Expression; utterance.
    gave voice to their feelings at the meeting.
12. A medium or agency of expression.
    a newsletter that serves as a neighborhood voice.
13. The right or opportunity to express a choice or opinion.
    a territory that has a voice, but not a vote, in Congress.
14. (Grammar) A property of verbs or a set of verb inflections indicating the relation between the subject and the action expressed by the verb.
    “Birds build nests” uses the active voice; “nests built by birds” uses the passive voice.
15. The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book.