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(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
"the Beijing dialect uses four tones";
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| 2. tone [ Synonyms: quality, timber, timbre] | |
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(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet";
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سر۔ بانگ۔ آواز کی خصوصی کیفیت۔ لہجہ۔ |
| 3. tone [ Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit] | |
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The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
"the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason";
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ماحول۔ |
| 4. tone [ Synonyms: shade, tincture, tint] | |
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A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted";
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رنگت۔ رنگ کا شیڈ۔ جھلک۔ کسی رنگ کا کوئی روپ۔ |
| 5. tone [ Synonyms: musical note, note] | |
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A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
"the singer held the note too long";
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| 6. tone [ Synonyms: pure tone] | |
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A steady sound without overtones
"they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies";
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| 7. tone [ Synonyms: tonicity, tonus] | |
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The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
"the doctor tested my tonicity";
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تناوٴ۔ پٹہوں کے تناوٴ کی معمول کی حالت۔ |
| 8. tone [ Synonyms: step, whole step, whole tone] | |
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A musical interval of two semitones
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The quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
"the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome";
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| 1. tone [ Synonyms: chant, intone] | |
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Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again";
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گانا۔ |
| 2. tone | |
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Change the color or tone of
"tone a negative";
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| 3. tone | |
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Change to a color image
"tone a photographic image";
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| 4. tone [ Synonyms: strengthen, tone up] | |
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Give a healthy elasticity to
"Let's tone our muscles";
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قوت بڑھانا۔ |