with one voice
English
Alternative forms
- in one voice
Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
with one voice
- (of vocalizing) In unison, together
- 1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 2, in Eight Cousins:
- Seven boys stood in a row all ages, all sizes, all yellow-haired and blue-eyed, all in full Scotch costume, and all smiling, nodding, and saying as with one voice, "How are you, cousin?"
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- (idiomatic, by extension, of expressing opinions by members of a group) In a mutually agreeing or like-minded manner; concordantly, unanimously.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 12:
- The nobles around Prince John implored him with one voice to throw down his warder, and to save so brave a knight from the disgrace of being overcome by odds.
- 1916, Edith Wharton, "Coming Home", section 3:
- Well—Jean went down and asked his father and his mother and his old grandmother if they would permit him to marry Mlle. Malo; and they all with one voice said they wouldn't.
- 2007 Dec. 1, Bryan Walsh, "Can We Save the World by 2015?," TIme:
- Unfortunately, the global political community is a long way from speaking with one voice on anything, and climate change is no exception.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 12:
Synonyms
- (idiomatic) like-mindedly
Translations
in unison
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