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WordNet
adverb
(1) In part; in some degree; not wholly
"I felt partly to blame"
"He was partially paralyzed"
noun
(2) The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
"The function of a teacher"
"The government must do its part"
"Play its role"
(3) Any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor
"I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"
"They all did their share of the work"
(4) Something less than the whole of a human artifact
"The rear part of the house"
"Glue the two parts together"
(5) A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
"His part was right in the middle"
(6) In so far as the actor specified is concerned
"It requires vigilance on our part"
"They resisted every effort on his part"
(7) One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
"The written part of the exam"
"The finance section of the company"
"The BBC's engineering division"
(8) An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"She played the part of Desdemona"
(9) The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
"He tried to sing the tenor part"
(10) The extended spatial location of something
"The farming regions of France"
"Religions in all parts of the world"
"Regions of outer space"
(11) A portion of a natural object
"They analyzed the river into three parts"
"He needed a piece of granite"
(12) Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
"He wanted his share in cash"
(13) Something determined in relation to something that includes it
"He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"
"I read a portion of the manuscript"
"The smaller component is hard to reach"
verb
(14) Force, take, or pull apart
"He separated the fighting children"
"Moses parted the Red Sea"
(15) Come apart
"The two pieces that we had glued separated"
(16) Leave
"The family took off for Florida"
(17) Go one's own way; move apart
"The friends separated after the party"
(18) Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
"The business partners broke over a tax question"
"The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"
"My friend and I split up"
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Etymology
vois, from voiz, voys, voice from vois, voiz (Modern voix), from vōcem, accusative form of vōx, from . Akin to Sanskrit वच् (to say, to speak), German erwähnen (to mention). Replaced steven, stefne "voice" from stefn (see steven), rouste "voice" from raust, and rearde "voice" from reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel.
Noun
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
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- He with a manly voice saith his message. — Geoffrey Chaucer
- Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. — Shakespeare, King Lear, V-iii
- Thy voice is music. — Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii
- Join thy voice unto the angel choir. — John Milton
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- Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
- The tone or sound emitted by anything
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- After the fire a still small voice. — 1 Kings 19:12
- Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? — Job 40:9
- The floods have lifted up their voice. — Psalms 93:3
- O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice. — Joseph Addison
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- The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
- Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
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- I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. — Galatians 4:20
- My voice is in my sword. — Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-vii
- Let us call on God in the voice of his church. — Bp. Fell
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- Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
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- Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir. — Shakespeare, Coriolanus, II-iii
- Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice. — John Dryden
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- Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
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- So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. — Deuteronomy 8:20
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- One who speaks; a speaker.
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- A potent voice of Parliament. — Alfred Tennyson
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- A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
Verb
- To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
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- Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges. — Francis Bacon
- It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. — Francis Bacon
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- To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
- To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
- To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare
- To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South
Related terms
- vocable
- vocabulary
- vocal
- vocalization
- vocalize
- vocation