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a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being spoken to: tone of voice I tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice. Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= angrily), young lady! It wasn't so much what she said that annoyed me - it was her tone. tones [ plural ] literary.
a. : a sound of definite pitch and vibration. b. : whole step. 3. : accent or inflection expressive of a mood or emotion. 4. : style or manner of expression in speaking or writing. seemed wise to adopt a conciliatory tone. 5. : a particular pitch or change of pitch constituting an element in the intonation of a phrase or sentence. high tone.
a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.: a tone of command. an accent peculiar to a person, people, locality, etc., or a characteristic mode of sounding words in speech. stress of voice on a syllable of a word.
20 meanings: 1. sound with reference to quality, pitch, or volume 2. → short for tone colour 3. US and Canadian → another word.... Click for more definitions.
A tone is the kind of sound you hear in a musical note, or in a person's voice live or in writing. A newspaper article should be objective, but a poem can bring up all kinds of emotions, depending on the tone.
noun. /təʊn/ of voice. [countable] the quality of somebody’s voice, especially expressing a particular emotion. speaking in hushed/low/clipped/measured, etc. tones. a conversational tone. a tone of surprise. Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= in that unpleasant way).
TONE definition: 1. the quality of a sound, especially of someone's voice: 2. the general feeling or style that…. Learn more.
