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Noun (10 meanings)
1. the quality of a person's voice.
Examples:
- “he began in a conversational tone”,
- “he spoke in a nervous tone of voice”
tone is a type of:
- manner of speaking, speech, delivery (noun) - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
types of tone:
- note (noun) - a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
- roundness, rotundity (noun) - the fullness of a tone of voice
- undertone (noun) - a quiet or hushed tone of voice
tone is derivationally related to:
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages.
Example:
- “the Beijing dialect uses four tones”
tone is a type of:
- pitch (noun) - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
tone is derivationally related to:
- to intonate, intone (verb) - speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
- to tone, inflect, modulate (verb) - vary the pitch of one's speech
- tonic, tonal (adjective) - employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- linguistics (noun) - the scientific study of language
3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).
Examples:
- “the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely”,
- “the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet”
tone is a type of:
- sound property (noun) - an attribute of sound
types of tone:
- color, colour, coloration, colouration (noun) - the timbre of a musical sound
- harmonic (noun) - any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
- nasality (noun) - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
- plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy (noun) - having the character of a loud deep sound
- register (noun) - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- resonance (noun) - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
- shrillness, stridence, stridency (noun) - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
tone is derivationally related to:
- tonal (adjective) - having tonality
- to tone, inflect, modulate (verb) - vary the pitch of one's speech
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- music (noun) - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
4. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.
Examples:
- “the feel of the city excited him”,
- “a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting”,
- “it had the smell of treason”
tone is a type of:
- atmosphere, ambiance, ambience (noun) - a particular environment or surrounding influence
types of tone:
- Hollywood (noun) - a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry
- Zeitgeist (noun) - the spirit of the time
tone is derivationally related to:
- to feel (verb) - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"
- to feel (verb) - produce a certain impression
- to feel (verb) - be felt or perceived in a certain way
- to look, appear, seem (verb) - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- to spirit, spirit up, inspirit (verb) - infuse with spirit
Example:
- “after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”
tone is a type of:
- color, colour, coloring, colouring (noun) - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
types of tone:
- mellowness (noun) - a soft shade of a color
- richness (noun) - a strong deep vividness of hue
- undertone, tinge (noun) - a pale or subdued color
tone is derivationally related to:
6. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.
Example:
- “the singer held the note too long”
tone is a type of:
- musical notation (noun) - (music) notation used by musicians
types of tone:
- blue note (noun) - a flattened third or seventh
- chord (noun) - a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- dominant (noun) - (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
- eighth note, quaver (noun) - a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
- grace note, appoggiatura, acciaccatura (noun) - an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
- half note, minim (noun) - a musical note having the time value of half a whole note
- mediant (noun) - (music) the third note of a diatonic scale
- middle C (noun) - the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff
- monotone (noun) - a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
- passing note, passing tone (noun) - a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
- pedal point, pedal (noun) - a sustained bass note
- quarter note, crotchet (noun) - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
- sixteenth note, semiquaver (noun) - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
- sixty-fourth note, hemidemisemiquaver (noun) - a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
- subdominant (noun) - (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
- submediant (noun) - (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
- subtonic, leading tone (noun) - (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
- supertonic (noun) - (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
- thirty-second note, demisemiquaver (noun) - a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
- tonic, keynote (noun) - (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- trill, shake (noun) - a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- whole note, semibreve (noun) - a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)
tone is a member of:
- scale, musical scale (noun) - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
tone is derivationally related to:
- tonic (adjective) - relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
Example:
- “they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies”
tone is a type of:
- sound, auditory sensation (noun) - the subjective sensation of hearing something
types of tone:
- harmonic (noun) - a tone that is a component of a complex sound
tone is derivationally related to:
- tonal (adjective) - having tonality
8. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
Example:
- “the doctor tested my tonicity”
tone is the opposite of:
tone is a type of:
- tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness (noun) - the physical condition of being stretched or strained
types of tone:
- catatonia (noun) - extreme tonus
- hypertonia, hypertonus, hypertonicity (noun) - (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic
- hypotonia, hypotonus, hypotonicity (noun) - (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic
- muscular tonus, muscle tone (noun) - normal tonicity of the muscles
- myotonia (noun) - abnormally long muscular contractions
tone is derivationally related to:
- to tone, tone up, strengthen (verb) - give a healthy elasticity to
- tonic (adjective) - of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- muscle, muscular tissue (noun) - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
9. a musical interval of two semitones.
tone is a type of:
- interval, musical interval (noun) - the difference in pitch between two notes
10. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author.
Examples:
- “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 is a type of:
- quality (noun) -
Verb (5 meanings)
Example:
- “The students chanted the same slogan over and over again”
to tone is a way to:
to tone is derivationally related to:
- chant (noun) - a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- intonation, chanting (noun) - the act of singing in a monotonous tone
to tone is a way to:
to tone is derivationally related to:
- intonation, modulation, pitch contour (noun) - rise and fall of the voice pitch
- modulation, inflection (noun) - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- prosody, inflection (noun) - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- timbre, timber, quality, tone (noun) - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- tone (noun) - (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
3. change the color or tone of.
to tone
Example:
- “tone a negative”
to tone is a way to:
to tone is derivationally related to:
4. change to a color image.
to tone
Example:
- “tone a photographic image”
5. give a healthy elasticity to.
to tone, tone up, strengthen
Example:
- “Let's tone our muscles”