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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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