Tone (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Meaning 2
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 3
A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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- Subdominant
- Monotone
- Quarter Note
- Tonic
- Passing Tone
- Subtonic
- Submediant
- Passing Note
- Sixteenth Note
- Semiquaver
- Pedal
- Supertonic
- Dominant
- Keynote
- Crotchet
- Thirty-second Note
- Middle C
- Whole Note
- Minim
- Chord
- Leading Tone
- Appoggiatura
- Demisemiquaver
- Eighth Note
- Mediant
- Shake
- Pedal Point
- Half Note
- Quaver
- Semibreve
- Trill
- Hemidemisemiquaver
- Blue Note
- Grace Note
- Sixty-fourth Note
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Meaning 4
The quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She answered in a haughty tone that immediately put me off.
- The professor's soothing tone calmed the nervous students in the lecture hall.
- He began in a conversational tone, but soon became more serious as the talk progressed.
- The radio host's sarcastic tone grated on my ears as I drove to work.
- The comedian's loud, boisterous tone filled the comedy club with energy.
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Meaning 5
(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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- Harmonic
- Resonance
- Vibrancy
- Shrillness
- Register
- Sonority
- Colour
- Plangency
- Stridence
- Color
- Reverberance
- Coloration
- Nasality
- Sonorousness
- Stridency
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Meaning 6
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 7
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 8
A steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 9
The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 10
A musical interval of two semitones.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.