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- [tohn]
- /toʊn/
- /təʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tohn]
- /toʊn/
Definitions of tone word
- noun tone (Theobald) Wolfe, 1763–98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence. 1
- verb with object tone to sound with a particular tone. 1
- verb with object tone to give the proper tone to (a musical instrument). 1
- verb with object tone to modify the tone or general coloring of. 1
- verb with object tone to give the desired tone to (a painting, drawing, etc.). 1
- verb with object tone Photography. to change the color of (a print), especially by chemical means. 1
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Origin of tone
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English (noun) < Latin tonus < Greek tónos strain, tone, mode, literally, a stretching, akin to teínein to stretch
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Parts of speech for Tone
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tone popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tone usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tone
noun tone
- ambiance — the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- aura — An aura is a quality or feeling that seems to surround a person or place or to come from them.
- bandwagon — You can refer to an activity or movement that has suddenly become fashionable or popular as a bandwagon.
- beep — A beep is a short, loud sound like that made by a car horn or a telephone answering machine.
verb tone
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- fine tune — to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
- fresco — A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
adverb tone
- colorlessly — In a colorless manner.
- woodenly — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
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