voice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The sound a person makes when speaking or singing.

   Their voices echoed through the building.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability to speak or sing.

   I lost my voice after the concert.

3. 3
   noun

   The right or chance to express an opinion.

   Workers want a voice in how the company is run.

4. 4
   verb

   To express something in words.

   I've already voiced my concerns to the manager.

Common collocations

• deep voice Adjective + noun
• loud voice Adjective + noun
• soft voice Adjective + noun
• strong voice Adjective + noun
• lose one's voice Verb + noun
• lower one's voice Verb + noun
• raise one's voice Verb + noun
• strain one's voice Verb + noun

From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.

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