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Meaning of tone indicator | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A symbol conveying the tone or context of a message, often over the internet.

Examples

“For one thing, it helps to shed ⟳ light ⟳ on the nature of the question ⟳ mark ⟳ and the exclamation point ⟳ – the "tone indicators" – which I have ⟳ not considered up to here.”

“But what tone indicators lack in artfulness, they make ⟳ up for in their bulletproof inability to be misinterpreted.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

tone mapping tone mark tone meeting tone number tone of voice tone painting

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