voice
n 1: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's
speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
2: 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" [syn: {vocalization}, {vocalisation}, {phonation},
{vox}]
3: a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of
the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
4: expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my
feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn: {articulation}]
5: 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"
6: 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"
7: (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing
it"
8: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the
major organs of government" [syn: {spokesperson}, {interpreter},
{representative}]
9: the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
10: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive)
of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that
the verb denotes
11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in
polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn:
{part}]
v 1: give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
2: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {sound}, {vocalize},
{vocalise}] [ant: {devoice}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
voice vt. To phone someone, as opposed to emailing them or connecting
in {talk mode}. "I'm busy now; I'll voice you later."
Source: The Jargon File
VOICE
Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education (OS/2, user group)
Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms