Voice vs Open - What's the difference?
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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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To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.}} (phonetics) 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
The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
One who speaks; a speaker.
(grammar) 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.
(music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
(Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
(phonology) 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.
(obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare
(obsolete) To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South
(Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
(television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
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(not comparable) Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate.
* 1908, (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) , Chapter 2
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, title= Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
* Dryden
(not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
(comparable) Receptive.
* Bible, Acts xix. 33
* Shakespeare
(not comparable) Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
* Alexander Pope
* Shakespeare
* Addison
(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
(mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of , that defines a topological space on .
In current use; mapped to part of memory.
(business) Not fulfilled.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
(music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
(phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
(phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.
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, chapter=20 To bring up (a topic).
To make accessible to customers or clients.
To start (a campaign).
To become .
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, title= To begin conducting business.
To enter upon; to begin.
(cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
(poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
(transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
To load into memory for viewing or editing.
To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
* Francis Bacon
* Bible, Jer. xx. 12
A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
(electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
(with the ) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
(with the ) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
As nouns the difference between voice and open
is that voice is 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 while open is .As a verb voice
is to give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.voice
English
(wikipedia voice)Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- 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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To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.}}
- 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)
- 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. —
- 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)
- So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. — Deuteronomy 8:20
- A potent voice of Parliament. — (Alfred Tennyson)
- The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
Synonyms
* (sound of human speech) (l), (l) * (opinion) (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* active voice * chest voice * devoice * head voice * middle voice * passive voice * tone of voice * voiced stop * voice glide * voice of the toothless one * voice recognition * with one voiceVerb
(voic)- Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges. —
- It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. —
citation, page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.}}
open
English
(wikipedia open)Adjective
(en adjective)- The open road, the dusty highway
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
- an open''' hand; an '''open''' flower; an '''open prospect
- Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
- If Demetrius have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies.
- The service that I truly did his life, / Hath left me open to all injuries.
- His thefts are too open .
- That I may find him, and with secret gaze / Or open admiration him behold.
- with aspect open , shall erect his head
- The Moor is of a free and open nature.
- The French are always open , familiar, and talkative.
- an open question
- to keep an offer or opportunity open
- an open winter
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* (not closed) accessible, unimpededAntonyms
* (accessible) closed, shutDerived terms
(Terms derived from the adjective "open") * break open * clopen * drop open * half-open * keep a weather eye open * keep an eye open * lay open * open-air * open-and-shut * open-armed * open-arse * open bar * open book * open cluster * open-collar * open compound * open content * open design * open-ended * open-eyed * open-face * open-faced * open fireplace * open goal * open-handed/openhanded * open heart surgery * open-hearted * open-hearth * open house * open interest * open letter * open listing * open loop * open marriage * open matte * open mic * open mind * open-mouthed * open outcry * open outsourcing * open-plan * open problem * open proxy * open sandwich * open sea * open season * open secret * open sight * open source * open system * open water * open-work * openable * openside * Open University * wide open * with open armsVerb
(en verb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
citation, passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
- to open''' a discussion; to '''open''' fire upon an enemy; to '''open''' trade, or correspondence; to '''open a case in court, or a meeting
- to open a closed fist
- to open matted cotton by separating the fibres
- The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death.
- Unto thee have I opened my cause.
Antonyms
* (to make accessible) close, shutDerived terms
* open a can of whoop ass * open fire * open one's big mouth * open sesame * open shop * open the attack * open the face * open up * reopen *Noun
(en noun)- The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
- I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!
- Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open , dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
- We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open .