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Definition of 'tone'Etymology 1
From (etyl) ton, from (etyl)
Noun
( en-noun)
(music) A specific pitch.
(music) (in the diatonic scale ) An interval of a major second.
(music) (in a Gregorian chant ) A recitational melody.
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
General character, mood, or trend.
- Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
(dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
- Children often read with a tone .
(literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
* W. C. Bryant
- Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
* Bolingbroke
- The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.
The shade or quality of a colour.
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- This picture has tone .
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
(biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
Synonyms
* (an interval of a major second ): whole tone
Derived terms
* dial tone
* halftone
* muscle tone
* semitone
* tonebar, tone bar
* tone of voice
Related terms
* atonal
* tonal
* diatonic
* intonation
* intone
* monotone
* ringtone
* tone-deaf
* tone-deafness
* tonal
* tonality
* tonic
* tonicity
* tune
* toneme
Verb
(ton)
to give a particular tone to
to change the colour of
to make (something) firmer
to harmonize, especially in colour
To utter with an affected tone.
Synonyms
* (give a particular tone to)
* (change the colour of) color/colour, dye, paint, tint
* (make firmer) firm, firm up, tone up
* (harmonize) harmonise/harmonize
* (utter with an affected tone)
Derived terms
* toned
* tone down
* toner
* tone up
* tony, toney (affected tone)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) tone, ton, toon, from the incorrect division of ; see also (l).
Pronoun
( en-pron)
The one (of two).
*, Bk.X, Ch.lxiij:
*:So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake
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Anagrams
* Eton
* note
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