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Definition of 'tone' Noun
- the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
Synonyms: tone of voice - (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
- (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"
Synonyms: timbre timber quality - 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"
Synonyms: spirit feel feeling flavor flavour look smell - 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"
Synonyms: shade tint tincture - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
Synonyms: note musical note - a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
Synonyms: pure tone - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
Synonyms: tonicity tonus
Antonyms: atonicity atony atonia amyotonia - a musical interval of two semitones
Synonyms: whole tone step whole step - 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 gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
Verb
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
Synonyms: chant intone - vary the pitch of one's speech
Synonyms: inflect modulate - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"
- change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"
- give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"
Synonyms: tone up strengthen
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