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tone


Definition: Meaning of, tone in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / təʊn /

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tone tones
  1. voice [countable] the way your voice sounds, which shows how you are feeling or what you mean
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  2. sound [uncountable and countable] the quality of a sound, especially the sound of a musical instrument or someone's voice [↪  pitch, timbre]
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  3. general feeling/attitude [singular, uncountable] the general feeling or attitude expressed in a piece of writing, a speech, an activity etc
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  4. colour [uncountable and countable] one of the many types of a particular colour, each slightly darker, lighter, brighter etc than the next [=  shade]
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  5. electronic sound [countable] a sound made by electronic equipment, such as a telephone
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  6. raise/lower the tone (of something) to make a place or event more or less socially acceptable, attractive etc
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  7. body [uncountable] technical how firm and strong your muscles or skin are
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  8. music [countable] technical the difference in PITCH between two musical notes that are separated by one KEY on the piano [=  step American English]
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  9. voice level [countable] technical how high or low your voice is when you produce different sounds
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
tone toned toned
Present Participle Third Person Singular
toning tones
[transitive]
  1. also tone up to improve the strength and firmness of your muscles, skin etc
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tone used in phrases

  • 12-tone music (noun)
    1. and inverted or backward versions of the row a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale
  • 12-tone system (noun)
    1. and inverted or backward versions of the row a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale
  • Touch-Tone phone (noun)
    1. a telephone that produces different sounds when different buttons are pushed
  • chest tone (noun)
    1. the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
  • dial tone (noun)
    1. American English the sound you hear when you pick up the telephone that lets you know that you can make a call [=  dialling tone British English]
  • dialling tone (noun)
    1. British English the sound you hear when you pick up the telephone that lets you know that you can make a call [=  dial tone American English]
  • head tone (noun)
    1. the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
  • leading tone (noun)
    1. music the seventh note of the diatonic scale
  • muscle tone (noun)
    1. normal tonicity of the muscles
  • partial tone (noun)
    1. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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tone used in phrasal verbs

  • tone down (phrasal verb)
    1. to make something less severe, shocking, or offensive
    2. to make the colour, flavour etc of something less strong
  • tone in (phrasal verb)
  • tone up (phrasal verb)
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