Tone
nounNoun
the quality of a person's voice
“he began in a conversational tone”
“he spoke in a nervous tone of voice”
Type of:DeliverySpeechthe general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
“a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting”
(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”
a steady sound without overtones
“they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies”
Type of:Soundthe 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”
Type of:Quality(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:Pitcha quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Type of:TensionTensityTautnessa notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
Similar:Notea musical interval of two semitones
Similar:StepType of:Interval
Verb
give a healthy elasticity to
“Let's tone our muscles”
Similar:StrengthenType of:Exercisechange the color or tone of
“tone a negative”
Type of:ColorDiscolorDiscolourchange to a color image
“tone a photographic image”
Type of:ColourizeColorColorisevary the pitch of one's speech
Type of:TalkSpeakMouthutter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Type of:UtterVerbaliseVerbalize
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