n.
Pronunciation: ' vo ̇ is
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French vois, from Latin voc-, vox; akin to Old High German gi wahanen to mention, Greek epos word, speech, Sanskrit v ā k voice
Date: 14th century
1 a : sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs, larynx, or syrinx especially : sound so produced by human beings b (1) : musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the cavities of head and throat (2) : the power or ability to produce musical tones (3) : SINGER (4) : one of the melodic parts in a vocal or instrumental composition (5) : condition of the vocal organs with respect to production of musical tones (6) : the use of the voice (as in singing or acting) <studying voice > c : expiration of air with the vocal cords drawn close so as to vibrate audibly (as in uttering vowels and consonant sounds as \ v \ or \ z \ ) d : the faculty of utterance <lost my voice >
2 : a sound resembling or suggesting vocal utterance
3 : an instrument or medium of expression <the party became the voice of the workers>
4 a : wish, choice, or opinion openly or formally expressed <the voice of the people> b : right of expression also : influential power
5 : distinction of form or a system of inflections of a verb to indicate the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses <active and passive voice s >
– with one voice : without dissent : UNANIMOUSLY