Meaning

• Noun

  1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
  2. Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
  3. The tone or sound emitted by an object
  4. The faculty or power of utterance
  5. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
  6. An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
  7. Command; precept.
  8. One who speaks; a speaker.
  9. A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
  10. A particular way 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.
  11. In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
  12. A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

• Verb