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Word: tone (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • music (''in a Gregorian chant'') A recitational melody.
  • biology Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  • biology 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.
  • linguistics The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  • literature The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  • music A specific pitch.
  • music (''in the diatonic scale'') An interval of a major second.
  • The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  • The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
  • The shade or quality of a colour.

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Verb:

  • intransitive to harmonize, especially in colour
  • transitive to change the colour of
  • transitive to give a particular tone to
  • transitive to make (something) firmer

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