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According to WordNet, the noun "voice" has 11 sense(s).

107399452 a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery".

107073208 expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings".

104981941 the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us".

107110615 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".

107030718 the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part".

110638385 an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government".

110758713 (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it".

107277697 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".

100179683 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".

113802920 (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes.

105202284 the ability to speak; "he lost his voice".


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