a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated | aiding the cause or policy or interests of |
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening |
the ability to speak | documentary validation |
the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission |
expressing in coherent verbal form | the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities |
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music | any device that bears the weight of another thing |
something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation |
A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced. | something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest |
a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts |
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | the financial means whereby one lives |
(metonymy) a singer | financial resources provided to make some project possible |
(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes | |