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I came across the following sentence. It is one of my Japanese assignments
explanation:

> 次の「です・ます」 **体【てい】** の文章を「だ・である」 **体【てい】** に書き換えましょう。Let's write and exchange
> the following text in「です・ます」form to the 「だ・である」form.

Although I understand the assignment, I'm struggling to figure out what 体【てい】
exactly means. [According to jisho.org](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%BD%93-2)
(bold added by me):

> 体【てい】  
> Noun  
>  1. Appearance; air; condition; state; **form​**  
>  2. Voice (grammar)​

So I believe that in my sentence, 体【てい】 means "form". However, as the second
entry states "voice", which is a linguistic term, I wonder if 体【てい】 can be
used only in linguistic contexts such as my assignment statement. Is that so?

If not, what are other contexts or situations where 体【てい】 can be used? I could
not find example sentences either, I would appreciate it if you provide some.

よろしくお願いします！
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What are the meaning and the usage of 体 【てい】?
I think the 体 in 「である体」「ですます体」「敬体」「常体」 is read as たい.

"Voice" as a linguistic term is [態]{たい}, as in [受動態]{じゅどうたい}, [能動態]{のうどうたい}.

[体]{てい} can be used like...

「[体]{てい}のいい話」  
「[体]{てい}よく断る」  
「職人[体]{てい}の男」  
「～～という[体]{てい}で」
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