speaking voice

collocation in English

meaningsofspeakingandvoice

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speaking
noun[U]
uk
/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/us
/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/
the act or skill of giving a speech at a ...
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voice
noun
uk
/vɔɪs/us
/vɔɪs/
the sounds that are made when people speak ...
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(Definition ofspeakingandvoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspeaking voice

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A close examination of one's own individualspeakingvoicebecame necessary, whether under duress or in relaxed 'chatting' mode.
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The piece focuses not only on her very particular and local experiences, but complementarily on the very particular features of herspeakingvoice.
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Most of these gendered voices sound as aspeakingvoicetype (with or without text), but there are also pre-recorded singing voices and other vocal sounds.
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The exercise of thespeakingvoice(of the teacher, not the child) was a technique that could apparently be used to bring another to know himself.
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The striking stylistic device found in the passage is that of thespeakingvoicewhere the speaker personifies and addresses the river directly.
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French composers found themselves setting verse which might be stressed in one way according to metrical convention, but differently if read in an ordinaryspeakingvoice.
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When thespeakingvoicedoes not relate to the singing voice, the identity of the person is compromised, and the vocal mechanism is not unified.
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Here the score offers two priestesses alternative deliveries, the notes to be sung 'only if thespeakingvoicelacks penetration'.
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Adelon distinguishes between thespeakingvoice, too complex for mechanical reproduction, and the singing voice, which he believes can be imitated by a mechanism.
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In addition, as all who heard him will know, he had a superbspeakingvoice.
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He has a nicespeakingvoice.
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That made his naturalspeakingvoicealmost as loud as his on-air voice.
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Practitioners write for thespeakingvoiceinstead of writing poetry for the silent printed page.
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His finespeakingvoiceand confident bearing are sure to find favour.
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He is especially noted for his unique and distinctively sonorousspeakingvoice.
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Hisspeakingvoicehas a metallic quality, like a very high-speaking tenor.
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He is known for his distinctivespeakingvoicein a wide range of roles.
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His voice is pitched higher than my normalspeakingvoiceit's full of joy, optimism, and enthusiasm for life.
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Her personalspeakingvoicewas soft and warm, but when conducting affairs of the state, she asserted her points with strength.
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