voice

noun
/vɔɪs/

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.

Example

“The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.”

Other meanings

Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
The tone or sound emitted by an object.

Example sentences

“Help us find others to donate their voice!”
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“The voices are talking to me again.”
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“National resistance is the voice of freedom.”
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Word history

From Latin "vōcem".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “voice” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.