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Definition of to voice in English English dictionary: The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice; To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel; Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f., sg., sh, etc., and also whisper; 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; To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper; Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote
Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice. — John Dryden.; One who speaks; a speaker
A potent voice of Parliament. — Alfred Tennyson.; Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language
So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. — Deuteronomy 8:20.; To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South; Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice
Join thy voice unto the angel choir. — John Milton.; The tone or sound emitted by anything
O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice. — Joseph Addison.; To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare; {n} the sound from the mouth, a cry, a vote; {v} to shout, clamor, murmur, report, vote; vox; Roughly, an instrument definition Each voice is composed of up to four elements, where each element is a waveform plus a number of effects A common effect is to make elements fade in or out depending on key velocity For example, you could make an instrument that sounds like a soft pad when you press the keys lightly, and sounds like a strong bell when you press the keys harder See Also element, part; 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); and also whisper; To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ; sound, noise; A term indicating a range of pitch; A sense of personality or individuality that is the effect of all of the many aspects of a piece of writing, including word choice, tone, sentence variety, etc; Pronunciation language(s) in this model T-T-S technology allows you to listen to the pronunciation of any word whether it belongs in the dictionary or not; Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion; vt To phone someone, as opposed to emailing them or connecting in {talk mode} "I'm busy now; I'll voice you later "; a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"; the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"; When someone speaks or sings, you hear their voice. Miriam's voice was strangely calm `The police are here,' she said in a low voice There was a sound of loud voices from the kitchen; A sound-producing component inside the SID chip There are three voices within the SID chip, so the Commodore 128 can produce three different sounds simultaneously Each voice consists of a tone oscillator/waveform generator, an envelope generator and an amplitude modulator; 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"; The distinctive and consistent characteristics of the mode of narration; In 01 documentation, means the same thing as "oscillator"; If you lose your voice, you cannot speak for a while because of an illness. I had to be careful not to get a sore throat and lose my voice; an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"; The Voice is the writer coming through the words, the sense that a real person is speaking to us and cares about the message It is the heart and soul of the writing, the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and breath When the writer is engaged personally with the topic, he/she imparts a personal tone and flavor to the piece that is unmistakably his/hers alone And it is that individual something-different from the mark of all other writers-that we call voice; A single note which may be sounded by a MIDI device The number of simultaneous voices which a device may sound is also referred to as the 'polyphony' of the device Although technically a single 'note' may use more than one voice in a MIDI device (depending on the configuaration of the device), throughtout this document it is assumed that a note will only use a single voice, and hence the terms 'note' and 'voice' are used interchangably; the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"; The sound produced by air passing out through the larynx and upper respiratory tract; If someone tells you to keep your voice down, they are asking you to speak more quietly. Keep your voice down, for goodness sake; the distinctive qualities of a writer's style, including diction, attitude, sentence style, and ideas; - the marriage of style and tone: what the poem is about and how the author addresses the subject and the reader; Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc; Anything that can be transferred on a POTS network, namely any signal that fits on a 3 1kHz-bandwidth channel Voice can consist of voiceband-modulated data or facsimile signals or human speech See speech; give voice to; "He voiced his concern"; 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"; If you have a voice in something, you have the right to express an opinion on it. Egypt is once again accepted as an important voice in Arab politics; To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation; expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"; If you voice something such as an opinion or an emotion, you say what you think or feel. Some scientists have voiced concern that the disease could be passed on to humans The predominant opinion voiced by Detroit's Arab population seems to be one of frustration. = express; sound produced by air passing out through the larynx and upper respiratory tract; Someone's voice is their opinion on a particular topic and what they say about it. What does one do when a government simply refuses to listen to the voice of the opposition?; (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes give voice to; "He voiced his concern"; {i} sound produced in the throat; expression; language; Command; precept; - now chiefly used in scriptural language; If a number of people say something with one voice, they all express the same opinion about something. This would enable the community to speak with one voice in world affairs. a British newspaper especially for the black community. In grammar, the form of a verb indicating the relation between the participants (subject, object) in a narrated event and the event itself. English grammar distinguishes between the active voice ("The hunter killed the bear") and the passive voice ("The bear was killed by the hunter"). In the active voice, the emphasis is on the subject of the active verb (the agent performing the action named), whereas the passive voice indicates that the subject receives the action. voice box voice recognition voice mail Voice of America; In grammar, if a verb is in the active voice, the person who performs the action is the subject of the verb. If a verb is in the passive voice, the thing or person affected by the action is the subject of the verb; and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc; May be categorized as soprano (S), alto (A), tenor (T), or bass (B), representing singing ranges from high to low; music is often arranged in SATB form as well as SA, SSA, SAB, TTBB, and so on Other intermediate voices include mezzo-soprano, contralto, and baritone; Command; precept; now chiefly used in scriptural language; {f} raise an opinion; adjust the tone of; If you give voice to an opinion, a need, or a desire, you express it aloud. a community radio run by the Catholic Church which gave voice to the protests of the slum-dwellers. = express; Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; - distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper; a system of inflections of a verb to indicate the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses English has two voices: active and passive Welsh may have laryngitis, because it seems to have lost its voice; utter with vibrating vocal chords; 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"; the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"; To clamor; to cry out; (1) An element of synthesizer circuitry capable of producing a note The polyphonic capability of a synthesizer is defined by how many voices it has See polyphony (2) In Yamaha synthesizers, a patch (sound); 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; one of the melodic parts in a vocal or instrumental composition Scores for a vocal work may be published separately for high, medium, and/or low voice, and the term--high, medium, or low--will be appended to the end of the call number to distinguish that score from those published for another voice range (see Appendix D) Table of Contents Music/AV Cataloging Team | Cataloging Services | University Libraries | Penn State Send comments about these pages Send mail to the Music/AV Cataloging Team Leader