voice

Dictionary definition · voice

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"
a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance"the noisy voice of the waterfall"
expressing in coherent verbal form"the articulation of my feelings"
a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated"the voice of the law"
something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression"the wee small voice of conscience"
(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

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).