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• past participle of voice.
• past tense form of voice.

voiced

American  

[voist] / vɔɪst /

adjective

1. having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination).

   shrill-voiced.

2. expressed vocally.

   his voiced opinion.

3. Phonetics. pronounced with glottal vibrations; phonated (contrasted with voiceless).

   “b,” “v,” and “z” are voiced.

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voiced British  

/ vɔɪst /

adjective

1. declared or expressed by the voice

2. (in combination) having a voice as specified

   loud-voiced

3. phonetics articulated with accompanying vibration of the vocal cords Compare voiceless

   in English (b) is a voiced consonant

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Other Word Forms

• voicedness
  noun
• multivoiced
  adjective
• well-voiced
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of voiced

First recorded in 1590–1600; voice + -ed ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

Daveigh Chase, the horror actress who crawled out of a TV in The Ring and voiced Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch, died this month from Aids, according to a medical examiner's report.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

President Trump has voiced his support for the CFTC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Opposition parties and unions have voiced criticism of some of the proposals, which had previously been published in German media.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Mexican authorities have long voiced the suspicion that U.S. officials were behind the kidnapping of Zambada in Mexico and his transport to U.S. territory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Then he said—the first time he had ever voiced to me such an admission—“Haley, my nerves are shot, my brain’s tired.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey