tone
noun
/toʊn/
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/təʊn/
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- (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
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ton
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- (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
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klang,
ton,
helton,
nyans
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tone
verb
/toʊn/
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/təʊn/
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- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- (transitive) to change the colour of
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tona
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