Meaning of tone | Babel Free

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1. A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony
2. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.
3. A specific pitch.
4. sound, noise
5. (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
6. To make less vivid, harsh, or violent; moderate.
7. (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
8. The quality or value of color, e.g. warm or cold tones.
9. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
10. to fit in well; to blend. The brown sofa tones (in) well with the walls. vermeng, meng in يَنْسَجِم مَع сливам се combinar ladit (s) harmonisieren harmonere εναρμονίζομαι, ταιριάζω, δένωcombinar, hacer juego, ir bien juntos sobima جور بودن؛ خوردن به sopia s'harmoniser לְהִשתַלֵב עִם- बढ़ाना slagati se, uklopiti se színben összeillik serasi fara (vel) við intonarsi 調和する 잘 어울리다 derėti harmonēt; pieskaņoties; iederēties padan benar kleuren bij stå til, passe/harmonisere med harmonizować رنګ وركو...
11. The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
12. of musical tones. tonaal نَغَمي тонален tonal tónový; tonální Ton-... tone- τονικόςtonal kõla- آهنگی sävel- tonal טוֹנָלִי स्वर संबंधी tonski, tonalan hang-; tonális nada musik tóntegunda- tonale, di tono 音色の 음색의 tonalus tonāls nada tonaaltonal tonalny غاړه ييز، دږغ tonal tonal тональный tónový; tonálny tonski tonski tonal, ton- เกี่ยวกับระดับเสียง ses perdesine/tonuna ait 音調的 тональний موسيقي کي آواز سے متعلق (thuộc) giọng 音调的
13. 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.
    dated
14. without tone; with no variation in sound etc. She spoke in a toneless voice. toonloos بِدون تَنويع في النَّغَمَه الصَّوْتِيَّه безизразен monótono nezvučný tonlos tonløs άτονοςmonótono kõlatu بی روح؛ بی حالت väritön atone חֲסַר צְלִיל सुररहित, तान रहित bezvučan, monoton hangtalan; színtelen datar áherslulaus monotono 単調な 음조, 색조가 없는 monotoniškas neskanīgs; neizteiksmīgs tdk bernada toonloostonløs, monotonmatowy, bezbarwny بی ساح monótono inexpresiv монотонный nezvučný brezbarven bezizražajan e...
    etc
15. The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
16. toonloos عَدَم التَّنْويع في النَّغَمَه الصَّوْتِيَّه безизразно monotonamente bezvýrazně tonlos tonløst άτονα monótonamente kõlatult با لحن سرد värittömästi sans timbre בְּחוֹסֵר צְלִיל तानविहिनता से, नीरसतापूर्वक bezvučno, monotono hangtalanul; színtelenül secara datar áherslulaust in maniera monotona 単調に 음조, 색조가 없이 monotoniškai neskanīgi; neizteiksmīgi tanpa nada toonloostonløst, monotont matowym głosem, matowo په سړه لهجه سره monotonamente inexpresiv монотонно bezvýrazne brezbarvno bezizr...
17. State of mind; temper; mood.
    obsolete
18. to make or become softer, less harsh etc. He toned down some of his criticisms. minder erg maak يُخَفِّف النَّغَمَه намалявам силата на abrandar zmírnit, změkčit mildern nedtone; mildne μαλακώνω, μετριάζωreducir, suavizar pehmendama, mahenema از شدت چیزی کاستن pehmentää atténuer, adoucir לְהַחֲלִיש मन्द होना ublažiti, umekšati letompít memperlunak draga úr, milda attenuare 和らげる (소리, 색상, 음성 따위)를 부드럽게 하다 sušvelninti, sušvelnėti notušēt; mīkstināt melembutkan verzachtentone ned, dempe, svekkełag...
    etc
19. The shade or quality of a colour.
20. Music a. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.
    Music
21. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
22. The quality or character of sound.
23. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
24. The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning.
25. 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.
26. Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
27. a gun
    slang
28. The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
    figuratively
29. The quality of being respectable or admirable.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Children often read with a tone.”

“Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.”

“c. 1714 (undated), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, letter to Alexander Pope The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, […] drag the mind down […] from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.”

“We make crude visual distinctions and effectively meaningless categorizations based on average skin tones, such as black or white.”

“This picture has tone.”

“But nigga don't step wrong, cuz 8ball keep a tone”

“M.A.C.T.D.O.G got the tone so hoe you know it's on”

“Got the tone to ya head yo life flashing right front your eyes”

“Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.”

“Mr O'Brien confirmed the warning from the council was based on the fact that the structure the mural was painted on was not a temporary one and on the claim that it changes the tone of the street and impacts on the area.”

“Manuel expects that once 2 St. Clair West is done it will change the tone of the neighbourhood.”

“"What struck me most was not necessarily what was said but ... the tone of the room, ... the fear and anxiety that people have for their family members who are currently in the grip of addiction," Green said.”

“"I am going to raise the tone of the business. That's wot I want you for. To raise the tone of the business."”

“The teaching we have had of late has lowered the tone of Christianity, as the remarks by the two gentlemen who preceded me will attest; and, instead of producing stalwart manhood, it has generated a brood of mountebanks. Give us a pure Gospel or a vacant pulpit!”

“But Mr Fagan said the tone of the street was brought down by the presence of people he termed "the Gatwickians" — residents of a rooming house called the Gatwick Private Hotel.”

“But for anyone hoping that what proved to be a brief two-way female Tory leadership race might have raised the tone of British politics—currently at an all-time low after the vicious backroom machinations of Brexit referendum—the news wasn't promising.”

“That story is replicated wherever there is a brightly decorated house and a neighbour who cares about the tone of the street.”

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