tone

tone
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. sound; quality; accent, pitch, inflection, modulation, intonation; strain, key, spirit; elasticity, resilience; tension, firmness, tonus; condition; frame of mind, mood; elegance, stylishness; tint, shade, hue. See color, feeling, method.
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(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A musical sound]
Syn. pitch, timbre, resonance; see sound 2 .
2. [Quality]
Syn. nature, trend, temper; see character 1 .
3. [Manner]
Syn. expression, condition, aspect, mode, habit; see also mood 1 .
4. [A degree of color]
Syn. hue, tint, color value, blend, tinge, cast, coloration; see also color 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. pitch intonation, sound, note, modulation, voice, frequency, timbre.
2. attitude spirit, quality, mood, tenor, air, mode, manner.
3. shade hue, color, tint, tinge, cast.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A sound of distinct pitch and quality: timbre, tonality, tone color. See SOUNDS. 2. A particular vocal quality that indicates some emotion or feeling: accent, inflection, intonation. Idiom: tone of voice. See SOUNDS. 3. A distinctive way of expressing oneself: fashion, manner, mode, style, vein. See STYLE. 4. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic: air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feel, feeling, mood, smell. See BE. 5. A prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude: climate, mood, spirit, temper. See ATTITUDE. 6. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size: color, hue, shade, tint. See COLORS. 7. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation: cast, hue, tinge, tint. See COLORS.

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  • tone — [tōn] n. [ME < OFr & L: OFr ton < L tonus, a sound < Gr tonos, a stretching, tone < teinein, to stretch: see THIN] 1. a) a vocal or musical sound b) its quality 2. an intonation, pitch, modulation, etc. of the voice that expresses a… …   English World dictionary

  • Tone — bezeichnet: Personen mit dem Vor , Nach oder Künstlernamen Tone, siehe Tone (Name) mehrere japanische Kriegsschiffe: Tone (1907), ein Geschützter Kreuzer Tone (1938), ein schwerer Kreuzer und Typschiff der Tone Klasse Tone (DE 234), eine U Jagd… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tone — Tone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. [1913 Webster] 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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