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Meaning of ‘tone’
15 definitions found.
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Synonyms: shade
a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
Example: "The Beijing dialect uses four tones."
in music, the distinctive property of a complex sound such as a voice, noise or musical sound
Example: "Your guitar has wicked tone."
Synonyms: timber
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Example: "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"
a steady sound without overtones
Example: "They tested your hearing with pure tones of different frequencies."
Synonyms: pure tone
a musical interval of two semitones
Synonyms: step
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
Synonyms: note
the quality of a person's voice
Example: "They began in a conversational tone."
Synonyms: tone of voice
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Synonyms: feeling
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Synonyms: tonicity
give a healthy elasticity to
Example: "Let's tone our muscles"
Synonyms: tone up strengthen
change to a color image
Example: "tone a photographic image"
change the color or tone of
Example: "tone a negative"
vary the pitch of one's speech
Synonyms: modulate inflect
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Synonyms: chant intone
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University
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