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voice
1 a: sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs, larynx, or syrinx
; especially : sound so produced by human beings b
(1): musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the cavities of head and throat
(2): the power or ability to produce musical tones
(3): singer
(4): one of the melodic parts in a vocal or instrumental composition
(5): condition of the vocal organs with respect to production of musical tones
(6): the use of the voice (as in singing or acting) <studying voice> c: expiration of air with the vocal cords drawn close so as to vibrate audibly (as in uttering vowels and consonant sounds as \\v\\ or \\z\\) d: the faculty of utterance <lost my voice>2: a sound resembling or suggesting vocal utterance3: an instrument or medium of expression <the party became the voice of the workers>4 a: wish, choice, or opinion openly or formally expressed <the voice of the people> b: right of expression
; also : influential power5: distinction of form or a system of inflections of a verb to indicate the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses <active and passive voices>
— with one voice
: without dissent : unanimously
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