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Tone

speaker

Meaning

Noun

In Music:
A specific pitch.
In Music:
(in the
) An
of
second.
In Music:
(in a Gregorian
) A
melody.
The
of a
, especially the
of an
or voice.
In Linguistics:
The
of a
that
a
in
,
in Chinese.
In Literature:
The
in which
or
is expressed.
State of
;
; mood.
The
or quality of a colour.
The
effect of a
by the
of
and
, or of colours.
The
and
of a
or
;
: tonus.
In Biology:
The state of a
body or of any of its
or
in which the
are
and
with due vigor.
In Biology:
Normal
or
to stimuli.
In African-American Vernacular English:
a gun
The general
,
,
, or
(of a
, place, etc.).
The quality of being
or admirable.

Verb

to give a particular
to
to change the
of
to make (something) firmer
to
with an
tone.

Pron

(of two)

Name

A
, a
of Anthony/Antony
A
in Somerset, England, which
into the River Parrett.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

tone
English
arrow
ton
French
arrow
tonus
Latin
arrow
τόνος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
arrow
τείνω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
tuus
Latin
tone
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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