tone - Meaning in Punjabi

tone - Meaning in Punjabi

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Definitions and Meaning of tone in English

tone noun

1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

   Synonyms

   tincture, tint

   Example

   • "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

   Example

   • "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

   Synonyms

   timber, timbre

   Examples

   • "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
   • "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"
4. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author

   Examples

   • "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
   • "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"
5. a steady sound without overtones

   Example

   • "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
6. a musical interval of two semitones
7. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

   Example

   • "the singer held the note too long"
8. the quality of a person's voice

   Examples

   • "he began in a conversational tone"
   • "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
9. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

   Examples

   • "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
   • "it had the smell of treason"
   • "the feel of the city excited him"
10. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

    Example

    • "the doctor tested my tonicity"

tone verb

1. give a healthy elasticity to

   Example

   • "Let's tone our muscles"
2. change to a color image

   Example

   • "tone a photographic image"
3. change the color or tone of

   Example

   • "tone a negative"
4. vary the pitch of one's speech
5. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

   Example

   • "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

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