eng: tone - UWN/MENTA

eng: tone

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means	(noun) the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" tone, tone of voice
means	(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" tone
means	(noun) (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" tone, quality, timbre, timber
means	(noun) 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" flavour, tone, look, flavor, feel, spirit, smell, feeling
means	(noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" tincture, shade, tint, tone
means	(noun) a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" note, tone, musical note
means	(noun) a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" pure tone, tone
means	(noun) the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" tonus, tonicity, tone
means	(noun) a musical interval of two semitones step, whole step, tone, whole tone
means	(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"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome" tone
means	(verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" chant, tone, intone
means	(verb) vary the pitch of one's speech tone, inflect, modulate
means	(verb) change the color or tone of; "tone a negative" tone
means	(verb) change to a color image; "tone a photographic image" tone
means	(verb) give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" strengthen, tone up, tone
means	(noun) a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings tonal language, tone language

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