(~s, voicing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When someone speaks or sings, you hear their ~.
Miriam’s ~ was strangely calm...
‘The police are here,’ she said in a low ~...
There was a sound of loud ~s from the kitchen...
N-COUNT: oft poss N, adj N
2.
Someone’s ~ 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 ~ of the opposition?...
N-COUNT
3.
If you have a ~ in something, you have the right to express an opinion on it.
Egypt is once again accepted as an important ~ in Arab politics...
N-SING: N in n
4.
If you ~ something such as an opinion or an emotion, you say what you think or feel.
Some scientists have ~d concern that the disease could be passed on to humans...
The predominant opinion ~d by Detroit’s Arab population seems to be one of frustration.
= express
VERB: V n, V-ed
5.
In grammar, if a verb is in the active ~, the person who performs the action is the subject of the verb. If a verb is in the passive ~, the thing or person affected by the action is the subject of the verb.
N-SING: the adj N
6.
If you give ~ to an opinion, a need, or a desire, you express it aloud.
...a community radio run by the Catholic Church which gave ~ to the protests of the slum-dwellers.
= express
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
7.
If someone tells you to keep your ~ down, they are asking you to speak more quietly.
Keep your ~ down, for goodness sake.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
If you lose your ~, you cannot speak for a while because of an illness.
I had to be careful not to get a sore throat and lose my ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
If you raise your ~, you speak more loudly. If you lower your ~, you speak more quietly.
He raised his ~ for the benefit of the other two women...
She’d lowered her ~ until it was barely audible.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If you say something at the top of your ~, you say it as loudly as possible.
‘Damn!’ he yelled at the top of his ~.
PHRASE: Ns inflect emphasis
11.
If a number of people say something with one ~, they all express the same opinion about something.
This would enable the community to speak with one ~ in world affairs.
PHRASE