voicenoun
uk/vɔɪs/us/vɔɪs/voice noun (SOUNDS)
B1 [ C ] the sounds that are made when people speak or sing:
to be singing well:
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- Sometimes she speaks in this silly, girly voice.
- I heard a voice from the cupboard shouting "Let me out!"
- I had to raise my voice to make myself heard over the noise.
- My mother had a beautiful singing voice when she was younger.
- I could hear the babble of voices in the next room.
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Describing qualities of the human voice
- aloud
- break
- breathy
- dulcet
- gruff
- guttural
- high-pitched
- honeyed
- lilting
- rough
- soft-spoken
- stentorian
- strangled
- strangulated
- throaty
- tone
- toned
- toneless
- vocal
- voiced
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voice noun (OPINION)
C2 [ C often singular, U ] (the right to) an expression of opinion:
C2 [ S ] an important quality or opinion that someone expresses, or the person who is able to express it:
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- core
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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voice noun (GRAMMAR)
[ S ] specialized language the relationship between the subject of the verb and the action described by the verb, or the forms of a verb that show this relationship:
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Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- attributive
- collocate
- comparative
- declension
- decline
- dependent clause
- grammar
- grammarian
- grammatical
- independent clause
- indirect object
- inflect
- interrogative
- modifier
- plurality
- qualify
- reflexive
- superlative
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Idiom(s)
voiceverb [ T ]
uk/vɔɪs/us/vɔɪs/C2 to say what you think about a particular subject, especially to express a doubt, complaint, etc. that you have about it:
specialized phonetics to produce a sound by making the vocal cords move very quickly several times
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Expressing and asking opinions
- apothegm
- ask
- come out
- couch
- day
- editorialize
- far
- for my money idiom
- pronounce
- propound
- put
- put yourself across
- remark
- run
- run sth by sb
- screed
- soapbox
- sound off
- talk
- talk sth over
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