VOICE


Meaning of VOICE in English

I.

noun

1 sounds you make when speaking or singing

ADJECTIVE

▪ beautiful , fine , good , lovely , pleasant , sweet

She has a beautiful singing ~.

▪ big , booming , loud , ringing , sonorous , stentorian ( formal ), strong

▪ light , little , small , thin , tiny , weak

▪ low , soft

▪ faint , inaudible , quiet

▪ audible

▪ deep , gravelly , gruff , hoarse , husky , rough

▪ falsetto , high , high-pitched , shrill , squeaky

▪ clear

▪ muffled , muted

▪ harsh , penetrating , scratchy , sharp

▪ nasal

▪ cracked , rasping , raspy , slurred

I could tell from his slurred ~ that he'd been drinking.

▪ mellifluous , rich , silky , smooth , velvet , velvety

▪ sing-song

▪ gentle , soothing

▪ cheerful , cheery

▪ friendly , warm

▪ emotionless , matter-of-fact , unemotional

▪ flat , monotone

▪ calm , cool

▪ firm , steady

▪ shaky

▪ urgent

▪ authoritative , commanding

▪ distinctive , unmistakable

▪ familiar

▪ raised

▪ hushed

▪ cold , icy

▪ angry , annoyed

▪ strained , tired

▪ plaintive , sad

▪ serious , stern

▪ funny , silly

▪ baby

▪ annoying

▪ whiny

▪ mocking , sarcastic , teasing

▪ excited

▪ concerned , worried

▪ distant

▪ disembodied

▪ inner

An inner ~ told him that what he had done was wrong.

▪ singing , speaking

▪ alto , baritone , bass , contralto , soprano , tenor , treble

▪ female , male

▪ feminine , masculine

VERB + VOICE

▪ hear

I could hear ~s in the next room.

▪ raise

She's a teacher who never has to raise her ~ to discipline the children.

▪ drop , lower

She dropped her ~ to a whisper.

Please lower your ~!

▪ project

Try to project your ~ so that the people at the back of the room can hear you.

▪ control

▪ lose

She's lost her ~ and won't be able to sing tonight.

▪ strain

▪ find

He swallowed nervously as he tried to find his ~.

▪ imitate , put on

She put on a silly ~ as she imitated her boss.

▪ disguise

▪ know , recognize

▪ silence

VOICE + VERB

▪ go up , rise

His ~ rose in angry protest.

▪ die away , drift away , drift off , drop , fade , tail off ( esp. BrE ), trail away , trail off

‘So he won't come … ’ her ~ trailed off in disappointment.

▪ be filled with sth , be full of sth

Her ~ was filled with emotion.

▪ be laced with sth , be tinged with sth

▪ sound angry, excited, sad, etc.

▪ deepen , harden , soften , thicken

His ~ suddenly thickened with emotion.

▪ echo

Her ~ echoed through the silent house.

▪ whisper

‘Be quiet!’ a ~ whispered in his ear.

▪ hiss , purr

▪ call , call out , cry , cry out

‘Who is it?’ a female ~ called out.

▪ scream , shout , yell

She was dimly aware of ~s shouting.

▪ bellow , boom , boom out

▪ resonate , reverberate , ring

▪ come from sth

▪ cut through sth , pierce sth

His deep ~ cut through the silence.

▪ break , catch , catch in your throat , crack

His ~ broke with emotion.

His ~ broke ( = became a man's voice ) when he was 14.

▪ ask

▪ answer , reply

▪ sing

▪ falter , quaver , quiver , shake , tremble , waver

Her ~ shook with fear.

▪ drone , drone on

The flat, unemotional ~ droned on.

▪ be devoid of sth

▪ be drowned out by sth

▪ carry

VOICE + NOUN

▪ coach , teacher

▪ lessons

▪ recognition

the computer's ~ recognition capability

▪ mail (usually voicemail ) , mailbox , message , traffic

▪ synthesizer

▪ acting (= providing voices for animated film characters)

▪ actor (= who provides voices for animated film characters)

▪ command

▪ box (usually voicebox )

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/your ~

‘Get out!’ she shouted in a shrill ~.

There was fury in his ~ as he answered her.

PHRASES

▪ at the top of your ~

I was shouting at the top of my ~ but she couldn't hear me.

▪ a babble of ~s , a hum of ~s , a murmur of ~s

They could hear a loud babble of ~s coming from the crowded bar.

▪ in good ~ ( BrE )

She was in good ~ (= singing well) at the concert tonight.

The home fans were in good ~ (= making a loud noise) before the match. ( BrE )

▪ keep your ~ down

Please keep your ~ down so as not to wake the children.

▪ keep your ~ level , keep your ~ steady

He managed to keep his ~ steady despite his feelings of panic.

▪ ~s in your head , ~s inside your head

The main character was crazy, hearing ~s in his head.

▪ tone of ~

‘Do you have to speak to me in that tone of ~?’ she asked sadly.

2 expression of ideas/opinions

ADJECTIVE

▪ critical , dissenting

Dissenting ~s at the newspaper are very rare.

▪ lone

a lone ~ of dissent

▪ powerful

Powerful ~s in the Senate are determined to bring down the president.

▪ distinctive

a writer with a highly distinctive ~

VERB + VOICE

▪ find

Refugees have been unable to find a ~ in politics.

▪ add , lend

Many senior politicians have lent their ~s to the campaign.

▪ give

The magazine gave ~ to hundreds of oppressed factory workers.

▪ listen to

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ of

to listen to the ~ of conscience

PHRASES

▪ make your ~ heard

a society in which individuals are able to make their ~s heard

▪ speak with one ~

The teachers speak with one ~ when they demand an end to the cuts.

II.

verb

Voice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anger , ↑ approval , ↑ complaint , ↑ concern , ↑ criticism , ↑ desire , ↑ disagreement , ↑ disappointment , ↑ disapproval , ↑ discontent , ↑ dismay , ↑ displeasure , ↑ dissatisfaction , ↑ doubt , ↑ fear , ↑ feeling , ↑ frustration , ↑ grievance , ↑ hope , ↑ misgivings , ↑ objection , ↑ opinion , ↑ opposition , ↑ outrage , ↑ reservation , ↑ scepticism , ↑ sentiment , ↑ support , ↑ suspicion , ↑ view , ↑ worry

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