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Meaning of voice | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
vɔɪs

Definitions

  1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
  2. The Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal
    Australian
  3. As loudly as one's voice will allow.
  4. Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
  5. term; word
  6. The tone or sound emitted by an object.
  7. In complete agreement; unanimously.
  8. The faculty or power of utterance.
  9. with one voice, in accord; unanimously.
  10. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
  11. To put into words:articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, state, talk, tell, utter, vent, verbalize, vocalize.
  12. An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
    figuratively
  13. (negative unvoiced). stemhebbend مَسْموع звучен sonoro znělý stimmhaft stemt ηχηρόςsonoro heliline ناطق soinnillinen sonore בַּעַל קוֹל स्वरवाला zvučan zöngés dinyatakan raddaður sonoro 声に出した 유성(음)의 skardus (par līdzskani) balsīgs bersuara stemhebbendstemtdźwięcznysonoro sonor звонкий znelý zveneč izgovoren tonande ซึ่งมีเสียงก้อง yumuşak ünsüz 有聲的 дзвінкий تلفظ شدہ hữu thanh 有声的
    negative
  14. Command; precept.
    archaic
  15. stemloos فاقِد الصَّوْت беззвучен mudo němý; neznělý sprach-, stimmlos stemmeløs; ustemt άφωνοςsordo; afónico helitu بی صدا soinniton sans voix חֲסַר קוֹל बिना आवाज का bezvučan hangtalan; zöngétlen tak bersuara mállaus; þögull senza voce, muto 無言の 무성의 duslus (par līdzskani) nebalsīgs tdk bersuara stemloosuten stemme, stum, ustemtbezdźwięczny mudo fără voce/glas безмолвный neznelý brez glasu bez glasa stum, outtalad ไร้เสียง sert ünsüz 無聲的 безголосий, німий بے آواز vô thanh 无声的
  16. One who speaks; a speaker.
  17. a system that stores telephone messages for subscribers to this service. stempos بريد صَوتي гласова поща correio de voz hlasový záznamník der Anrufbeantworter telefonbesked-service σύστημα μετάδοσης τηλεφωνικών μηνυμάτων buzón de voz kõnepost پست صوتی puheposti messagerie vocale תַא קוֹלִי वायस मेल glasovna pošta hangposta kotak pos suara segreteria telefonica 音声電子メール 음성 메일 balso paštas balss pasts mel suara voicemailPersonSvar; Telenor Beskjedpoczta głosowaголосовая почта hlasová pošta zvočn...
  18. A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
  19. to have one's voice in good condition for singing or speaking. The choir was in good voice tonight. het goed gesing يكون صَوتُه في وَضْعٍ جَيِّد гласът ми звучи добре estar afinado být při hlase gut bei Stimme sein synge godt είμαι σε φόρμα estar en voz puhtalt kõlama دارای صدای مناسب olla hyvässä kunnossa être en voix קוֹל טוֹב गाने इत्यादि के लिहाज से अच्छी आवाज imati dobar glas jó formában van bersuara bagus vera vel upplagður (til að syngja) (essere in voce) 声がよく出る 목소리가 잘 나오다 gerai dainuo...
  20. A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
  21. to be unable to speak eg because of having a cold, sore throat etc. When I had 'flu I lost my voice for three days. jou stem verloor يَفْقِدُ صَوْتَه губя си гласа perder a voz ztratit hlas ohne Stimme sein miste stemmen έχω τη φωνή μου κλειστή perder la voz häält kaotama از دست دادن کیفیت صدا menettää äänensä perdre la voix לְאַבֵּד אֶת הַקוֹל जुकाम इत्यादि के चलते आवाज बैठ जाना izgubiti glas nincs hangja kehilangan suara missa röddina perdere la voce 声が出ない 목소리가 나오지 않다 prarasti balsą pazaudē...
    eg
  22. In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
  23. to speak more loudly than normal especially in anger. I don't want to have to raise my voice to you again. kwaad word يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَه повишавам тон levantar a voz pozvednout hlas die Stimme heben hæve stemmen υψώνω τη φωνή μου levantar/alzar la voz häält kõrgendama بالا بردن صدا kohottaa äänensä élever la voix לְהָרִים קוֹל आवाज बुलंद करना podići glas felemeli a hangját menaikkan suara hækka róminn alzare la voce 文句を言う 소리를 높이다 (pa)kelti balsą pacelt balsi; iebilst meninggikan suara zijn stem...
    especially
  24. A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
    Internet

Equivalents

Afrikaans stem
العربية الصّوت صوت
Azərbaycanca səs söyləmək un
Беларуская голас стан
བོད་སྐད ངག
Català sonor veu vot
Čeština hlas rod vyjádřit znělost
Cymraeg llais
Dansk form lyd røst stemme udtrykke vilje
Esperanto ekkrii sonigi voĉi voĉo
Euskara ahots
Gaeilge cuir in iúl glórú guth nocht
Gàidhlig guth
Galego torgo voz
ગુજરાતી અવાજ
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi leo
עברית צליל קול
हिन्दी आवाज़
Հայերեն ձայն սեռ քվե
Bahasa Indonesia suara
Íslenska raust rödd rómur
Қазақша дауыс етіс
ខ្មែរ សម្លេង
한국어 목소리 소리 음성
Кыргызча добуш мамиле үн
Lëtzebuergesch Stëmm
Lingála lolaka
ລາວ ສຽງ
Lietuvių balsas
Latviešu balss
Te Reo Māori reo
Македонски глас гласа залог искажува
Монгол дуу
मराठी आवाज
Bahasa Melayu bersuara suara
Malti leħen vuċi
မြန်မာဘာသာ အသံ
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସ୍ୱର
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼
پښتو آواز
Русский глас голос залог
Slovenčina hlas
Slovenščina glas
Shqip ze zëri
Kiswahili sauti
தமிழ் குரல்
తెలుగు కంఠం గొంతు
Тоҷикӣ овоз садо
ไทย เสียง
Türkmençe ses
Tagalog boses tinig
Türkçe çatı ses
ئۇيغۇرچە ئاۋاز
Українська голос стан
اردو آواز صدا
Oʻzbekcha ovoz
Tiếng Việt giọng giọng nói
Wolof baat

Examples

“The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.”
“Stop repeating in that stupid voice what I say.”
“His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.”
“Her voice was euer ſoft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.”
“And joyn thy voice unto the Angel Quire,”
“Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone. To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.”
“And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire, a still small voice.”
“Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?”
“The floods have lifted up their voice.”
“O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice.”
“to cultivate the voice”
“I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I stand in doubt of you.”
“My voice is in my sword.”
“17th century, John Fell, unknown work Let us call on God in the voice of his church.”
“Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir.”
“Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice.”
“Like many of the 7 million other first time voters, she came of age during half a decade of military rule that has governed the country since former general turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power in a 2014 coup. "We have had our voice taken away for five years," she says.”
“As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall yee perish; because ye would not be obedient vnto the voice of the Lord your God.”
“a potent voice of Parliament.”
“The inclusion of transgender voices further disrupts the homonormalization of sex and identity evident in popular LGBTQ cinema.”
“President Biden told the American public in an Oval Office address on Wednesday that he had abandoned his re-election campaign because there is “a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices — yes, younger voices.””
“The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.”
“There are four tenses of the subjunctive (present, perfect, imperfect, and pluperfect) and three voices (active, passive, and deponent). […] See 12.8 for the formation of the deponent voice.”
“The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.”
“True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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