# voicing

Pronunciation: say "VOY-sing" /ˈvɔɪsɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of voice. — present participle and gerund of voice
   - Simple: Present participle of voice. Use this form for an action happening right now.
   - _Critics are voicing doubts about the new policy._
   - _Voicing his frustration openly, he stormed out of the room._

## Noun

2. The process by which the vocal cords vibrate while a speech sound is produced.
   - Simple: The way the vocal cords vibrate to make certain speech sounds.
   - _Voicing is what separates the consonant in 'zip' from the one in 'sip'._
   - _During voicing, air from the lungs sets the vocal cords vibrating._
3. A specific arrangement of the notes that make up a chord.
   - Simple: The way the notes of a chord are spread out and ordered.
   - _She chose an open voicing to give the chord more space._
   - _Jazz pianists favor rich voicings that stack notes in unusual ways._
4. A sound produced by the voice; a vocalization.
   - Simple: A sound made using the voice.
   - _The actor's clear voicing carried to the back of the hall._
   - _A faint voicing of approval rose from the crowd._
5. A way of classing speech sounds according to whether they typically involve vibration of the vocal cords.
   - Simple: A group of speech sounds that usually go with vibrating vocal cords.
   - _Voicing divides consonants into those made with vocal cord vibration and those without._
   - _Linguists rely on voicing to group sounds such as 'g', 'd', and 'b' together._
6. A phonological change by which a voiceless consonant or other sound comes to be pronounced as voiced.
   - Simple: A change that turns a breathy, quiet sound into one made with buzzing vocal cords.
   - _Voicing converts the voiceless consonant between vowels into a voiced sound in many dialects._
   - _Intervocalic voicing affects consonants that sit between two vowels._
7. The last stage of fine-tuning the pitch and tonal quality of a sound-producing device, above all an organ or comparable instrument.
   - Simple: The last step of setting an instrument's pitch and tone, especially an organ.
   - _The final voicing of the organ took the craftsman several weeks._
   - _Careful voicing balanced the volume and color across all the pipes._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Formed from voice combined with the suffix -ing.
**Meanings 2–7** — Formed from voice combined with the suffix -ing.

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