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Quick definitions from WordNet (tone)
▸ noun: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages ("The Beijing dialect uses four tones")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a steady sound without overtones ("They tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies")
▸ noun: a musical interval of two semitones
▸ noun: the quality of a person's voice ("He began in a conversational tone")
▸ noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people ("A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting")
▸ noun: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
▸ noun: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
▸ noun: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
▸ noun: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) ("The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet")
▸ verb: change to a color image ("Tone a photographic image")
▸ verb: change the color or tone of ("Tone a negative")
▸ verb: of one's speech, varying the pitch
▸ verb: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
▸ verb: give a healthy elasticity to ("Let's tone our muscles")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #17109)
▸ Also see toning
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tone
▸ Usage examples for tone
▸ Popular adjectives describing tone
▸ Words that often appear near tone
▸ Rhymes of tone
▸ Invented words related to tone
▸ noun: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages ("The Beijing dialect uses four tones")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a steady sound without overtones ("They tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies")
▸ noun: a musical interval of two semitones
▸ noun: the quality of a person's voice ("He began in a conversational tone")
▸ noun: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people ("A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting")
▸ noun: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
▸ noun: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
▸ noun: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
▸ noun: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) ("The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet")
▸ verb: change to a color image ("Tone a photographic image")
▸ verb: change the color or tone of ("Tone a negative")
▸ verb: of one's speech, varying the pitch
▸ verb: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
▸ verb: give a healthy elasticity to ("Let's tone our muscles")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #17109)
▸ Also see toning
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tone
▸ Usage examples for tone
▸ Popular adjectives describing tone
▸ Words that often appear near tone
▸ Rhymes of tone
▸ Invented words related to tone