voice
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 →
2) A voice can be loud, quiet, high, low, kind or angry. tree →
3) Having a voice means having the right to say what you think. tree →
4) To voice an opinion means to say it. tree →
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 →
- Please use your inside voice in the library. tree →
- I lost my voice because I had a sore throat. tree →
- He spoke in a shaking voice because he was scared. tree →
- Don't raise your voice at your sister. tree →
- I recognised Grandma's voice on the phone. tree →
- Every pupil should have a voice in the class rules. tree →
- Your voice comes from your vocal cords vibrating. tree →
- “Boat ahoy!” again came the voice. tree →
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.
- Sometimes grown-ups close a door, lower their voices or spell out words so children won't understand.
- A closed kitchen door and low voices mean grown-ups are discussing something they are not ready to share.
- This is why it can say "I understand how you feel" in a kind voice: kind people often write that.
- A bot has no body, so it is neither a boy nor a girl; a name and voice are design choices.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «voice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.