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Look up: Voice

  1. Voice
    the dominating ethos or tone of a literary work. The voice existing in a literary work is not always identifiable with the actual views of the author.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. voice
    [n] - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes 2. [n] - (metonymy) a singer 3. [n] - a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance 4. [n] - something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression 5. [n] - the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract 6. [n] - the ability to speak 7. [n] - the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person`s speech 8. [n] - a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated 9. [v] - utter with vibrating vocal chords 10. [v] - give voice to
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Voice
    1) In synthesizers, a pitch that can be played at the same tine as other pitches are sounded.
    2) In Yamaha synthesizers, a term meaning the same thing as Sound Patch (one sound that can be created by the synthesizer).
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  4. Voice
    The voice of a verb can be either active or passive. The active voice is the most common and preferred in English usage. In an active clause the subject and object of the main verb are in their usual position, i.e. SVO, 'Alex caught the thief' however, in a passive sentence, the object is transferred to the subject position, e.g. 'The thief was cau...
    Found on http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/grammar/main

  5. Voice
    The capacity of a synthesizer to play a single musical note. An instrument capable of playing 16 simultaneous notes is said to be a 16-voice instrument.
    Found on http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%

  6. Voice
    see active and passive
    Found on http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary

  7. voice
    the sounds produced by the vocal cords and given quality and timbre by resonance Category: Medicine • to adjust for producing the proper musical sounds; regulate the tone (to -- the pipes of an organ). Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Voice
    Voice noun [ Middle English vois , voys , Old French vois , voiz , French voix , Latin vox , vocis , akin to Greek ... a word, ... a voice, Sanskrit vac to say, to speak, G. er wähnen to mention. Confer Advocate , Advowson , Avouch , Convoke , Epic , Vocal , Vouch , Vowel ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/33

  9. Voice
    Voice transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Voiced ; present participle & verbal noun Voicing .] 1. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation. 'Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and chall ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/33

  10. Voice
    Voice intransitive verb To clamor; to cry out. [ Obsolete] South.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/33

  11. voice
    1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice. 'He with a manly voice saith his message.' (Chaucer) 'Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman.' (Sh ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. voice
    vocalization noun 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. voice
    noun 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. voice
    noun the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person`s speech; `A shrill voice sounded behind us`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. voice
    noun a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; `the noisy voice of the waterfall`; `the incessant voices of the artillery`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. voice
    noun (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. voice
    verb utter with vibrating vocal chords
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. voice
    (vois) the sound produced by the speech organs and uttered by the mouth.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  19. Voice
    • (n.) Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote. • (n.) The tone or sound emitted by anything. • (n.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. • (v. t.) To vote; to elec...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. voice
    in grammar, form of a verb indicating the relation between the participants in a narrated event (subject, object) and the event itself. Common ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/33

  21. voice
    in phonetics, the sound that is produced by the vibration of the vocal cords. All vowels are normally voiced, but consonants may be either voiced or ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/33

  22. voice
    voice 1. The sound produced by the speech organs and uttered by the mouth. 2. The sound produced by using the vocal organs of the body; especially, the sound used in speech. 3. The musical sound produced in singing. 4. The ability to produce vocal sounds for speaking or for singing. 5. Etymology: 'sound made by the human mouth', from Old French voiz,...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  23. voice
    The sound emitted in speech, the method of communication exclusive to Homo sapiens. It is dependent for its generation upon the passage of air from the lungs through the trachea, larynx, pharynx, and mouth, and its quality in each individual is largely determined by the shape and size of these struc...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  24. voice
    voice, grammatical category according to which an action is referred to as done by the subject (active, e.g., men shoot bears) or to the subject (passive, e.g., bears are shot by men). In Latin, voice is a category of inflection like mood or tense. In ancient Greek, verbs were conjugated in three vo...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  25. voice
    voice, sound produced by living beings. The source of the sound in human speaking and singing is the vibration of the vocal cords, which are inside the larynx, and the production of the sounds is called phonation. The vocal cords are set into vibration by air from the lungs that moves through the wi...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08511


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