tone

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Noun

1. A specific pitch.
2. (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
3. (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
4. The quality of a voice or musical sound, discerned especially through analysis of linguistic prosody for the former and musical expression for the latter.
5. The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
6. A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
   • Children often read with a tone.
7. The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
8. State of mind; temper; mood.
9. The shade or quality of a colour.
10. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
    • This picture has tone.
11. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
12. The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
13. Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
14. a gun
15. The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
    • Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
16. The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
    • Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
17. The quality of being respectable or admirable.

Verb

1. to give a particular tone to
2. to change the colour of
3. to make (something) firmer
4. to utter with an affected tone.

Pronoun

1. the one (of two)

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