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# voice

«voice» in Mova's school dictionary: **the sound you make when you speak or sing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a voice, voices); verb (voice, voices, voiced, voicing — to say an opinion)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your voice is the sound you make when you speak or sing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#m1)

2) A voice can be loud, quiet, high, low, kind or angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#m2)

3) Having a voice means having the right to say what you think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#m3)

4) To voice an opinion means to say it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science a voice is made by vocal cords in the throat that vibrate when air passes; sound waves carry it to the listener's ears. In school there are «inside voices» (quiet) and «outside voices» (loud). In stories a character's voice (shaking, whispering, booming) tells the reader how they feel. Phrases: lose your voice, raise your voice, lower your voice, in a quiet voice, voice your opinion.

### examples

- She has a beautiful singing voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x1)
- Please use your inside voice in the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x2)
- I lost my voice because I had a sore throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x3)
- He spoke in a shaking voice because he was scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x4)
- Don't raise your voice at your sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x5)
- I recognised Grandma's voice on the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x6)
- Every pupil should have a voice in the class rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x7)
- Your voice comes from your vocal cords vibrating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x8)
- “Boat ahoy!” again came the voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/#x9)

### note

Countable: a voice, two voices. «Lose your voice» means you cannot speak properly for a while. A voice on the phone or online can be faked, so never share secrets just because a voice sounds friendly.

### In the corpora

- [Money worries often show in the voice; most families have tight months, and fixing them is not a child's job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/16/)
- [Sometimes grown-ups close a door, lower their voices or spell out words so children won't understand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/0/)
- [A closed kitchen door and low voices mean grown-ups are discussing something they are not ready to share.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/9/)
- [This is why it can say "I understand how you feel" in a kind voice: kind people often write that.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/3/)
- [A bot has no body, so it is neither a boy nor a girl; a name and voice are design choices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «voice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.