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tone

/ tone /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
Type of:
talk speak utter
Derived:
intonation chanting chant
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
of one''s speech, varying the pitch
Type of:
talk speak utter
Derived:
modulation inflection intonation pitch contour prosody
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
change the color or tone of
"tone a negative"
Type of:
discolor discolour colour
Derived:
shade tint tincture toner
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
change to a color image
"tone a photographic image"
Type of:
color colorize colorise
Derived:
shade tint tincture toner
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
give a healthy elasticity to
"Let''s tone our muscles"
Type of:
exercise work out
Derived:
tonicity tonus
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 6
the quality of a person''s voice
"he began in a conversational tone"
"he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
Type of:
manner of speaking speech delivery
Kinds of:
note undertone
Derived:
intonate intone
noun Sense 7
a musical interval of two semitones
Type of:
interval musical interval
noun Sense 8
a steady sound without overtones
"they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
Type of:
sound auditory sensation
Kinds of:
harmonic
noun Sense 9
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
"the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"
"from the tone of her behavior I gathe"
Type of:
quality
noun Sense 10
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
"the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
Type of:
pitch
Derived:
inflect modulate intonate intone
Domain:
linguistics
noun Sense 11
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"the feel of the city excited him"
"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
"it had the smell of treason"
Type of:
atmosphere ambiance ambience
Kinds of:
Hollywood Zeitgeist
Derived:
look appear seem feel spirit
noun Sense 12
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
"the singer held the note too long"
Type of:
musical notation
Kinds of:
tonic keynote supertonic mediant subdominant
Has parts:
scale musical scale
noun Sense 13
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
"the doctor tested my tonicity"
Opposites:
atonicity atony atonia amyotonia
Type of:
tension tensity tenseness
Kinds of:
catatonia muscular tonus muscle tone myotonia hypertonia
Derived:
tone up strengthen
Domain:
muscle muscular tissue
noun Sense 14
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"
"the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
Type of:
sound property
Kinds of:
resonance color colour coloration colouration
Derived:
inflect modulate
Domain:
music
noun Sense 15
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
Type of:
color colour coloring
Kinds of:
undertone tinge
Derived:
tincture tint tinct bepaint tinge
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
15
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
100
Times Searched
3
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talk speak utter discolor discolour colour color colorize colorise exercise work out manner of speaking