Tone

  • 41tone — 1. noun 1) the tone of the tuba Syn: sound, timbre, voice, colour, tonality 2) the impatient tone of his letter Syn: mood, air, feel, flavour, note, attitude …

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  • 42tone-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from tone up, v. : a toning up exercise, treatment, or medicine * * * /tohn up /, n. an exercise for toning up one s body. [n. use of the v. phrase tone up] * * * tone up, n. see …

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  • 43Töne — Klänge; Tonkunst; Musik * * * Tö|ne: Pl. von ↑ 2Ton. * * * I Tone,   Petrologie: Ton.   II …

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  • 44tone up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tone up : present tense I/you/we/they tone up he/she/it tones up present participle toning up past tense toned up past participle toned up same as tone II, 1) He d lost some weight and toned his muscles up …

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  • 45Toné — Infobox Settlement name = PAGENAME official name = other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = total type = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank… …

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  • 46tone — An aspect of the overall meaning of an utterance separated out by Frege (as the Beleuchtung of an utterance). An utterance may be made in a way that is especially apt to affect the feelings of an audience: it may be disquieting, or exciting, or… …

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  • 47tone — I (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,… …

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  • 48tone — [14] English acquired tone via Old French ton and Latin tonus from Greek tónos ‘stretching, tension’, hence ‘sound’. This in turn went back to the Indo European base *ton , *ten ‘stretch’, which also produced English tend, tense, thin, etc. The… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49tone — The sentiment of a market. If a stock exchange or commodity market has a firm or strong tone, prices are tending upwards, whereas if the tone is weak, nervous, unsettled, etc. , prices are tending to fall …

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  • 50tone — I to|ne 1. to|ne sb., n, r, rne II to|ne 2. to|ne vb., r, de, t (lyde; farve); tone frem (komme til syne); tone rent flag (sige sin ærlige mening) …

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