[
US
/ˈtoʊn/
]
[ UK /tˈəʊn/ ]
[ UK /tˈəʊn/ ]
NOUN
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
it had the smell of treason
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
the feel of the city excited him -
the quality of a person's voice
he began in a conversational tone
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice -
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
the doctor tested my tonicity -
the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome
the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw -
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
the Beijing dialect uses four tones - a musical interval of two semitones
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a steady sound without overtones
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies -
(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 -
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted -
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
the singer held the note too long
VERB
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change the color or tone of
tone a negative - vary the pitch of one's speech
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change to a color image
tone a photographic image -
give a healthy elasticity to
Let's tone our muscles -
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
How To Use tone In A Sentence
- A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
- An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.
- It should be a baritone scoring game and the unfortunate should be in early disceptation for a top 3 pick. Xml's Blinklist.com
- The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times
- Once Roma were level, that incident acquired ominous overtones retrospectively.
- Thus, the power of drawing iron is one of the ideas of the complex one of that substance we call a loadstone; and a power to be so drawn is a part of the complex one we call iron: which powers pass for inherent qualities in those subjects. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Brandt was the impresario who had discovered Carly Simon and unleashed the Rolling Stones on America.
- The walls were built from stones taken from nearby hills.
- Another category of vessels and flatware was distinguished by the use of precious stones or exotic materials, such as coral, mother-of-pearl, or coconut shell.
- The air smells like moist potting soil, the skin of potatoes… the damp chalk of limestone.