TONE

TO ·NE 1 syllable

B1 · Intermediate 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 4 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. the quality of a person's voice
  2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
  3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  4. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

💬 Examples

  • "he began in a conversational tone"
  • "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
  • "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
  • "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"

🔗 Similar words

tone_of_voicetimbretimberqualityspiritfeel
verb
  1. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
  2. vary the pitch of one's speech
  3. change the color or tone of
  4. change to a color image

💬 Examples

  • "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
  • "tone a negative"
  • "tone a photographic image"
  • "Let's tone our muscles"

🔗 Similar words

chantintoneinflectmodulatetone_upstrengthen
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